lunation

[ loo-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.

lunation

/ luːˈneɪʃən /

noun

1. another name for synodic month See month

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunation¹

1350–1400; Middle English lunacyon < Medieval Latin lūnātiōn- (stem of lūnātiō ). See Luna, -ation

Example Sentences

The flower moon, for example, is a Farmer’s Almanac-listed name for May’s lunation associated with spring blooms.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2020, Melan beamed into D.C.’s music scene with her first single, “Full Moon,” a twinkling lullaby that doubles as a young girl’s coming home to self and a sleepy ode to another lunation.

From Washington Post

He came up with a measure of time called a lunation - 29.530589 earth days, or the period it takes to go around Earth.

From BBC

At intervals of a double lunation, equal to fifty-nine days, one and one-half hours, the terminator goes very nearly through the same objects, so that the circumstances of illumination are comparable.

From Project Gutenberg

There can be no doubt that lunation, more especially in tropical climes, influences diseases; but the effects of insolation are every where observable.

From Project Gutenberg