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Definition of Lunar day
1. Noun. The period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunar Day
Literary usage of Lunar day
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"For religious purposes the lunar year begins with its first lunar day: for civil
purposes it begins with its first civil day, the relation of which to the ..."
2. The Physics of Earthquake Phenomena by Cargill Gilston Knott (1908)
"Author's Examination of lunar day Periodicity. Omori's Investigations. Oldham's
Discussion of Aftershocks of Assam Earthquake. Solar Day Periodicities. ..."
3. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"If this be correct, then the first day of the war could not be the thirteenth
lunar day of. the bright fortnight or so; because, according to the ..."
4. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"As our solar day exceeds the sidereal day, on account of the sun's advance on
the ecliptic, so the solar day on the moon exceeds the sidereal lunar day, ..."
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