lunation
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lunation
1350–1400; Middle English lunacyon < Medieval Latin lūnātiōn- (stem of lūnātiō ). See Luna, -ation
Vocabulary lists containing lunation
Space Science (Astronomy) - Middle School
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The Moon - Middle School
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Space Science (Astronomy) - High School
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The flower moon, for example, is a Farmer’s Almanac-listed name for May’s lunation associated with spring blooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
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 ● Sep. 28, 2022
In order to get out of the dilemma he makes that 27, by giving to another lunation only 29 days.
From Our Calendar by George Nichols Packer
It was inserted not at the end of the year but whenever the discrepancy had reached the number of days in a lunation.
From Japan by David Murray
The word lunation means the average interval from one new moon to the next one—i. e., the time required by the moon to go from conjunction with the sun round to conjunction again.
From A Text-Book of Astronomy by George C. Comstock
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