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lu·na·tion

(lo͞o-nā′shən)

The time that elapses between successive new moons, averaging 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes; a lunar month.

[Middle English lunacioun, from Medieval Latin lūnātiō, lūnātiōn-, from Latin lūna; see lunar.]

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lunation

(luːˈneɪʃən)

(Units) another name for synodic month See month⁶

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lu•na•tion

(luˈneɪ ʃən)

n.

the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days).

[1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin lūnātiō]

lunation

the period of the moon’s synodic revolution, from the time of the new moon to the next new moon; one lunar month or approximately 29 1/2 days.

See also: Calendar

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Noun

lunation - the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)

lunar month, synodic month, moon

lunar year - a period of 12 lunar months

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

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lunaison

lunazione

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I have been unable to find any information about this Somniale text specifically, but DiTommaso has generously provided me with a reference to a Latin lunation in a manuscript in the Conrady collection.

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* In African star lore lunation was used as a celestial analogy for the cycle of life in that the moon is seen to be born, to grow, to decay and die as it passes through its waxing and waning phases.