synodic month
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
synodic month (plural synodic months)
- 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.
- the variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next.
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Translations[edit]
month, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase
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the variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next
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