The time for the moon to complete one orbit around the


The time for the Moon to complete one orbit around the Earth (the sidereal period) is 27.322 days but the time for the Moon to go through one complete set of phases (the synodic period) is 29.53 days. Explain why there is a difference of about two days in these periods

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