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The moon is basically on a monthly cycle. You'll see this in the phases of the moon. If it orbited once a day it would stay over the same place on Earth all the time.
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No. The Moon orbits the Earth in one lunar month - approximately 29 days. The rising and setting of the Moon is caused by the Earth spinning below it, not by the Moon's true motion.
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