synodic month

synodic month

(si-nod -ik) (lunation; lunar month) The interval of 29.530 59 days, on average, between two successive new Moons.

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synodic month

[sə′näd·ik ′mənth]

(astronomy)

A month based on the moon's phases.

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synodic month

The average period of revolution of the moon about the earth with respect to the sun, a period of 29 days 12 h 44 min 2.8 s. This is sometimes called the month of the phases, because it extends from the new moon to the next new moon. Also called lunation.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Synodic Month

 

the time interval between two consecutive identical phases of the moon, for example, the time between consecutive new moons. The duration of the synodic month is not constant; the average length is 29.530588 mean solar days, and deviations range up to 13 hours.

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