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Synodic month
noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
- 2 the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) wordnet
- 3 the variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next.
Etymology
synodic + month
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