Lunation synonyms

lo͝o-nā'shən

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zodiacal (related)
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lunar-month
A period from one new moon until the next.
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moon
Moon is defined as the only natural satellite of the Earth.
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synodic-month
A month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. The long-term average duration is 29.530 588 days (29 d 12 h 44 min 2.8 s), or about 29 ½ days.
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precessional (related)
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soli-lunar (related)
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sidereal (related)
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  • The solar day, the solar year, and the lunar month, or lunation, may therefore be called the natural divisions of time.

  • It must happen sometimes that in the course of a lunation the sun enters into no new sign; in this case the month is intercalary, and is called by the same name as the preceding month.

  • But the fourteenth of this moon falls at the latest on the 18th of April, or 29 days after the 20th of March; for by reason of the double epact that occurs at the 4th and 5th of April, this lunation has only 29 days.

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