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lunar month

[ loo-ner muhnth ]

lunar month

noun

  1. another name for synodic month See month
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

lunar month

  1. The average time between successive occurrences of the same phase of the Moon, equal to approximately 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes. Depending on the lunar calendar being used, a lunar month can begin with the new moon or the full moon.
  2. Also called lunation synodic month
  3. ◆ A period of 12 lunar months is a lunar year .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lunar month1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

Countries in South and Southeast Asia celebrate Buddha’s birthday on the full moon of the second lunar month known as Vesakha or Vaisakha.

Held on the last full-moon day of the lunar month, the festival sees people smearing bright colours on friends and family and offering prayers.

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It is expected to begin on Sunday, but the start of the lunar month depends on the sighting of the moon.

The Athenian calendar, he said, was used in the fourth, fifth and sixth centuries with 12 lunar months.

The pilgrimage starts on the eighth day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul Hijjah, which this year corresponded to 26 June in the Gregorian calendar, and lasts five to six says.

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