lunar month
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Lunar month
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| lunar month
The average time between successive occurrences of the same phase of the Moon, equal to approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes. Depending on the lunar calendar being used, a lunar month can begin with the new moon or the full moon. Also called lunation, synodic month. ◇ A period of 12 lunar months is a lunar year. |
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Example sentences
Scientists agree that the lunar month will lengthen as the day lengthens, though the day will increase the more rapidly.
That's because the lunar month-the time it takes the moon to cycle through its phases-corresponds closely to the calendar month.
The times when no moon is visible during a lunar month can be calculated.
The highest high and lowest low tides during the lunar month.
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