The lunar cycle of phases takes 29.5 days (the synodic period), but it takes only 27.3 days (the sidereal period) for the moon to make a complete 360-degree orbit of Earth.
(The lunar cycle of phases; takes; 29.5 days; the synodic period) (the moon; to make; a complete 360-degree orbit of Earth)
The lunar cycle of phases the moon
takes to make
29.5 days the synodic period
a complete 360-degree orbit of Earth