How long does it take for the moon to complete one revolution around the Earth?

In one orbit, the Moon travels about 1,423,000 miles around the Earth. Although the Moon orbits the Earth in about 27 days, it takes 29.5 days for the Moon to cycle through all its phases. The time it takes for the Moon to go through a cycle of phases is known as a synodic month. read more

In short both the period of the moon’s revolution around the earth, and the period the moon’s rotation around the earth are 27.32 days. But we do get to see slightly more than the 50% of the moon’s surface that we might expect to see. read more

To be honest with you It only takes 27 days, 7 hours, and 43 minutes for our Moon to complete one full orbit around Earth. This is called the sidereal month, and is measured by our Moon's position relative to distant “fixed” stars. read more