How long is each period of daylight on the Moon?
How long is each period of daylight on the Moon? This means that — on every orbit — the moon gets a little over two weeks' worth of daylight followed by an equal amount of nighttime. In other words, almost any given spot on the moon sees two weeks of continuous daylight followed by two weeks of continuous darkness. How long is a Moon period? It 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...