draconic month

American

[drey-kon-ik muhnth, druh-kon-ik] / dreɪˈkɒn ɪk ˈmʌnθ, drəˈkɒn ɪk /

noun

month5

draconic month British

noun

Also called: nodical month. astronomy the mean time taken by the moon between successive passages through the ascending node of its orbit. It is about 2.5 hours shorter than the sidereal month

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