 See also: Astrology, Lunar, Moon, Horoscope, Zodiac
Lunar Period
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Lunar Period: The time it takes the Moon to return to a particular point in the zodiac; the Moon's zodiacal period, a little less than twenty-seven days, eight hours.
lunar period The time it takes the Moon to return to a particular point in the zodiac; the Moon's zodiacal period, a little less than twenty-seven days, eight hours. Also called a sidereal month and periodical lunation.
The mean synodic, sidereal, anomalistic, and draconic lunar periods were laid down in cuneiform tablets by the Babylonians and are not far off from modern astronomical calculations (Cumont, 1912, page 36, Babylon and Greece).
the effect of the day of the full moon on the acting-out behavior of 20 developmentally delayed, institutionalized women showed that on the day of the full moon there were significantly more misbehaviors than on any other day during the lunar period.
As this does not coincide with the Lunar periods, the Sun moves past the node a degree a day for as many days as it takes for the Moon to reach a conjunction or opposition.
LunationA lunar period, measured from one place in the zodiac until the Moon's return thereto, usually referring to the period from one New Moon to the next (averaging 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes).
See also: Astrology, Lunar, Moon, Horoscope, Zodiac
  
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