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Lunation

//luːˈneɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.

    "And there is not the moon seen in all the lunation, save only the second quarter."

  2. 2
    the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) wordnet
  3. 3
    The irregular period from one new moon until the next.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lūnātiō.

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