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Vinony's link graph records 1,278 inbound references to lunar month, and connects out to apsis, ecliptic and phase of the moon.
Vinony files it under Lunar calendars, Months and Orbit of the Moon.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- synodic period
- Duration
- 28
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- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- conversion to SI unit
- 2419200
- conversion to standard unit
- 28
- different from
- synodic month
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Encyclopedic overview
In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies, especially for the beginning of the month.
Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “lunar month” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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