Here's the breakdown:

* Sidereal Month: 27.3 days - This is the time it takes for the Moon to complete one full orbit around the Earth relative to the stars.

* Synodic Month: 29.5 days - This is the time it takes for the Moon to complete one full cycle of phases (from new moon to new moon). This is slightly longer because the Earth is also moving around the Sun during this time.

To convert days to minutes, multiply by 24 hours/day and then by 60 minutes/hour.

Therefore, the Moon takes roughly 39,336 minutes to orbit the Earth.