synodic month

NOUN
  1. the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
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  • The moon appears to go from one full moon to the next over a period of 29.53 days, known as a "synodic month. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • The moon revolves around Earth once with respect to the sun in about 29 1/2 days, a period known as a synodic month. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • The ancient Babylonians found that 223 synodic months, 242 nodical months, and 239 anomalistic months all contained about 6,585 1/3 days, which turns out to be just 11 days in excess of 18 years.
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