27 days, 7 hours and 11.6 seconds
The sidereal month is the time needed for the Moon to return to the same place against the background of the stars. It is 27.321661 days (i.e., 27 days 7 hours 43 minutes 12 seconds), the difference between synodic and sidereal lengths is due to the orbital movement.
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