sidereal month

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sidereal month

The average period of revolution of the moon around the earth in reference to a fixed star, equal to 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes in units of mean solar time.

sidereal month

(Astronomy) See month [5]

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sidereal month - period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27.322 days

month - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"

sidereal time - measured by the diurnal motion of stars

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