Definition of Synodic month

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

Exact synonyms: Lunar Month, Lunation, Moon
Group relationships: Lunar Year
Generic synonyms: Month

Definition of Synodic month

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. the variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Synodic month

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

1. A Short History of Astronomy by Arthur Berry (1899)
"... moon returns to the same position with respect to the sun; more precisely this period (about 29^ days) is spoken of as a lunation or synodic month: as, ..."

2. Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus by Alexander Jones (1999)
"(6) or, equivalently, 360° 1 synodic month = 12.22 и = * longitudinal rotation + 29;6,19,0,55,...° (7) If, instead, we combine (1) with (5) and (7), ..."

3. Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus by Alexander Jones (1999)
"(6) or, equivalently, 360° 1 synodic month = 12.22 g = 1 longitudinal rotation + 29 ... we can deduce the underlying value for the synodic month only within ..."

4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"The proper lunar month is the same as the lunation or synodic month, and is the timo which elapses ... B. synodic month . .29 12 44 2'84 Tropical month . ..."

5. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"The proper lunar month is the same as the lunation or synodic month, ... The periodic month or synodic month is the revolution with respect to the movable ..."

6. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"The synodic month is the time between two successive conjunctions or ... As has been said already, this synodic month is what we ordinarily mean when we ..."

7. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"The synodic month is the time between two successive conjunctions or ... As has been said already, this synodic month is what we ordinarily mean when we ..."

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