lunar month

English

Noun

lunar month (plural lunar months)

1. A period from one new moon until the next.
2. A synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
3. A sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.

Synonyms

• (27.32 days): sidereal month, stellar month
• (29.53 days): lunation, synodic month

Translations

a period from one new moon until the next

• Burmese: စန္ဒြမာသ (my) (candra.masa.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太陰月／太阴月 (zh) (tàiyīnyuè)

• Galician: lúa (gl) f, lunación (gl) f
• Russian: лу́нный ме́сяц (ru) m (lúnnyj mésjac)

a synodic month

• Russian: лу́нный ме́сяц (ru) m (lúnnyj mésjac), синодический ме́сяц m (sinodičeskij mésjac), обы́чный ме́сяц m (obýčnyj mésjac)

a sidereal month

• Russian: лу́нный ме́сяц (ru) m (lúnnyj mésjac), сидерический ме́сяц (ru) m (sideričeskij mésjac), звёздный ме́сяц m (zvjózdnyj mésjac)