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How long is one day and night cycle on the moon?

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Thanks for the A2A. You have to excellent answers already and I will simply add that The moon's full day/night cycle is one lunar month (Earth's perspective) so half of that is day and the other half is night. The average lunar month is 27. read more

And while the amount of time the Moon takes to complete one turn on its axis with respect to the stars is 27.3 days (a sidereal day), the amount of time it takes for the Sun to return to the same position in the sky is called a synodic day, and that’s what takes 29.5 days. read more

The average lunar month is 27.3 earth days so half that, the lunar day is on average 13.65 earth days long and so is the Lunar night. I said average, because the moon does speed up and slow down in its orbit around the earth. read more

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