Meanings
plural lunar months
- A period from one new moon until the next.
- A synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
Synonyms: lunation, synodic month
- A sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.
Synonyms: sidereal month, stellar month
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
nounA sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 太陰月 /太阴月
- 太陰月 /太阴月 (tàiyīnyuè)a period from one new moon until the next
Hindi मास
- मास (mās)a period from one new moon until the next
Russian лу́нный ме́сяц, лу́нный ме́сяц
- лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac)a period from one new moon until the next
- лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac)a synodic month
- синодический ме́сяц (sinodičeskij mésjac)a synodic month
- обы́чный ме́сяц (obýčnyj mésjac)a synodic month
- лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac)a sidereal month
- сидерический ме́сяц (sideričeskij mésjac)a sidereal month
- звёздный ме́сяц (zvjózdnyj mésjac)a sidereal month
Cite this entry
lunar month. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunar%20month
“lunar month.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunar%20month. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lunar month,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lunar%20month.
Source: lunar month on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.