The Moon orbits the Earth in the same direction as the Earth rotates on its axis, so it takes slightly more than a day—about 24 hours and 50 minutes—for the Moon to return to the same location in the sky.
(The Moon; orbits; the Earth; in the same direction; T:as the Earth rotates on its axis) (the Earth; rotates; L:on its axis) (the Moon; to return; to the same location in the sky)
The Moon the Earth the Moon
orbits rotates to return
the Earth in the same direction T:as the Earth rotates on its axis
L:on its axis
to the same location in the sky