Lunation

//luːˈneɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

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.

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lūnātiō.

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