lunation

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Definition

From Medieval Latin lūnātiō.

Feb., luna iii,” is not consistent throughout; but the year of the reign and of the lunation both compel us to assign it to 1091. — Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, Charles W. (Charles Wendell) David
If such a table is consulted it will be found that never does a lunation pass without a few stars being noted as undergoing occultation, and now and then a planet. — The Story of Eclipses, George F. (George Frederick) Chambers
On land, meridional, a bispherical moon, revealed in imperfect varying phases of lunation through the posterior interstice of the imperfectly occluded skirt of a carnose negligent perambulating female, a pillar of the cloud by day. — Ulysses, James Joyce

lunar month, moon, synodic month

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