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2. Lunar month - Wikipedia

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   In lunar calendars, a lunar month is the time between two successive syzygies of the same type: new moons or full moons. The precise definition varies, especially for the beginning of the month. The precise definition varies, especially for the beginning of the month.

3. Lunar calendar - Wikipedia

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   A lunisolar calendar was found at Warren Field in Scotland and has been dated to c. 8000 BC, during the Mesolithic period. [2] [3] Some scholars argue for lunar calendars still earlier—Rappenglück in the marks on a c. 17,000 year-old cave painting at Lascaux and Marshack in the marks on a c. 27,000 year-old bone baton—but their findings remain controversial.

4. Lunar phase - Wikipedia

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   The fact, however, that a year of twelve lunar months is ten or eleven days shorter than the solar year means that a lunar calendar drifts out of step with the seasons. Lunisolar calendars resolve this issue with a year of thirteen lunar months every few years, or by restarting the count at the first new (or full) moon after the winter solstice.

5. The Moon Phases Explained, From the New Moon to the Full Moon ...

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   Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is no matter where we are in the lunar cycle. Here's how. The Moon Phases Explained, From the New Moon ...

6. Lunisolar calendar - Wikipedia

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   Record of the Chinese lunisolar calendar for 1834, 1835, and 1836 during the Qing dynasty under the Daoguang Emperor's Reign (道光十四年，道光十五年，道光十六年) 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 ...

7. Coligny calendar - Wikipedia

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   A synodic month has 29.53 days, so the calendar overcomes any slight slippage or temporary imbalance by the month of MID EQVOS having either 29 or 30 days as required to keep the calendar in sync with the lunar phase. [b] The Coligny calendar is designed to keep perfectly in sync with the lunar phase, [c] with a tolerance of less than 24 hours ...

8. Ecclesiastical new moon - Wikipedia

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   An ecclesiastical new moon is the first day of a lunar month (an ecclesiastical moon) in an ecclesiastical lunar calendar. Such months have a whole number of days, 29 or 30, whereas true synodic months can vary from about 29.27 to 29.83 days in length. Medieval authors equated the ecclesiastical new moon with a new crescent moon, but it is not ...

9. Cherokee calendar - Wikipedia

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   As such the 13-moon phase calendar was gradually replaced by a 12-month calendar. However, the months were still associated with ceremonies and are still practiced by traditional Cherokee today. Below is a list of months according to the Julian calendar followed by their Latin transliterated Kituwah and Overhill dialect name and then Cherokee ...