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lunar months

lunar months is the plural of lunar month.

Meaning of lunar month

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.

Questions about lunar months

What is lunar months the plural of?
Lunar months is the plural of lunar month.

Words near lunar months in the dictionary

  1. lunar mansion
  2. lunar mansions
  3. lunar module
  4. lunar modules
  5. lunar month
  6. lunar months
  7. Lunar New Year
  8. Lunar New Years
  9. lunar occultation
  10. lunar occultations
  11. lunar orbit

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