Lexic.us

Definition of Lunation

1. Noun. The period between successive new moons (29.531 days).

Definition of Lunation

1. n. The period of a synodic revolution of the moon, or the time from one new moon to the next; varying in length, at different times, from about 29¼ to 29⅚ days, the average length being 29 d., 12h., 44m., 2.9s.

Definition of Lunation

1. Noun. a month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. On average, the number of days between Full Moons is about 29.5306 days. The actual number of days may differ from the average number by more than a half day. From one Full Moon to the next, the number of days in one ''lunation'' can vary between 29.272 and 29.833 days. ¹

2. Noun. The name or term given the irregular period from one new moon until the next. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lunation

1. the interval between two successive new moons [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunation

Literary usage of Lunation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"And it is very easy to calculate the exact length of the lunation, or, ... The moon, then, in 27;322 days, completes only g^j^ths of a lunation (the ..."

2. Rest Days: A Study in Early Law and Morality by Hutton Webster (1916)
"The length of the lunation being approximately twenty-nine and a half days, a single phase ... No other number will divide the lunation without a remainder. ..."

3. The Indian Calendar: With Tables for the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan by Robert Sewell, Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896)
"The moments of time are expressed in two ways, viz., in lunation- parts and ... Shortly stated a lunation-part is ^th of an apparent synodic revolution of ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the Lunar Equation, and — 1 after those which have the Solar:— year in the Gregorian calendar. As the first lunation of the year consists of 30 days, ..."

5. A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1899)
"... more precisely this period (about 29^ days) is spoken of as a lunation or synodic month: as, however, the sun moves eastward on the celestial sphere ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... the lunation ending with the first of them, during which the sun has ... between two new-moon conjunctions, so that no lunation begins between the two ..."

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