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The new moon is an important part of cultures and religions that use lunar calendars, typically marking the beginning or ending of a cycle.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

Moreover, “Lunar New Year” is imprecise, as there are multiple lunar calendars worldwide, they state.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023

However, lunar calendars remained in use in other cultures, and Islamic calendars, for example, are still primarily lunar rather than solar.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

Easter's date fluctuates not least thanks to attempts to harmonise those solar and lunar calendars, with the issue further complicated by the fact that different strands of Christianity use different formulae for their calculations.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2016

Julius Caesar, impatient with the difficulties of fitting together the solar and lunar calendars, bade his experts ignore the moon and divide the solar year into twelve months.

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas