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At the minor lunar standstill, the Moon will change its declination during the tropical month from +18.3° to −18.3°, for a total range of 37°. Then 9.3 years later, during the major lunar standstill, the Moon will change its declination during the month roughly from +28.6° to −28.6°, which totals 57° in range.
Using these whole numbers facilitates the construction of a lunisolar calendar. A tropical year (about 365.24 days) is longer than 12 lunar months (about 354.36 days) and shorter than 13 of them (about 383.90 days). In a Metonic calendar (a type of lunisolar calendar), there are twelve years of 12 lunar months and seven years of 13 lunar months.
This is called major lunar standstill. Around this time, the Moon's declination will vary from −28°36′ to +28°36′. Conversely, 9.3 years later, the angle between the Moon's orbit and Earth's equator reaches its minimum of 18°20′. This is called a minor lunar standstill. The last lunar standstill was a minor standstill in October 2015.
The last full moon of the year will rise overnight in a rare “major lunar standstill” amid a dazzling meteor shower. The “cold moon” - a phenomenon that happens every 18.6 years - will ...
Lunar standstill: every 18.6 years, the declination range of the Moon reaches a maximum or minimum. Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon . First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar rotational axis with respect to a reference plane , following the normal rules of precession ...
[clarification needed] During a major lunar standstill the range of these azimuths [clarification needed] is about 10.3° wider than solar ones as it reaches a declination of ± 28.6°. [11] In practice, the moonrise or moonset can happen above objects located far south or north against the extremal azimuth range observed for the sunrise and ...
This is called major lunar standstill. Around this time, the Moon's declination will vary from −28°36′ to +28°36′. Conversely, 9.3 years later, the angle between the Moon's orbit and Earth's equator reaches its minimum of 18°20′. This is called a minor lunar standstill. The last lunar standstill was a minor standstill in October 2015.
A lunisolar calendar is a calendar in many cultures, that combines monthly lunar cycles with the solar year. As with all calendars which divide the year into months, there is an additional requirement that the year have a whole number of months (Moon cycles).