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Ho long does it take for the Moon to show all its faces?
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It takes the moon 27 days, 7 hours, and 45 minutes to complete an entire orbit around the Earth, but takes 29 and a half (29.5) days to finish one full phase cycle of new moon to new moon. 
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We see all of the moon's shapes every 29.53 days. But
there's about 45% of its surface that we never see.
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