lunation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin lūnātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: lu‧na‧tion

Noun

lunation (plural lunations)

1. A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
   • 1357, John Mandeville, The Travels of Sir John Mandeville‎^[1], modernized spelling edition:

     And there is not the moon seen in all the lunation, save only the second quarter.

2. The irregular period from one new moon until the next.

Synonyms

• synodic month
• lunar month

Translations

a month measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase

• Bulgarian: лунен месец m (lunen mesec)
• Dutch: lunatie f, synodische maand f
• Galician: lunación (gl) f
• Polish: lunacja f
• Russian: лу́нный ме́сяц (ru) m (lúnnyj mésjac), лунация f (lunacija)
• Vietnamese: tuần trăng

the name of term given the irregular period from one new moon until the next

• Polish: lunacja f
• Russian: лу́нный ме́сяц (ru) m (lúnnyj mésjac), лунация f (lunacija)

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