sidereal month

n. 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

n (Astronomy) See month⁵

month

(mʌnθ)

n. 1. any of the 12 parts, as January or May, into which the calendar year is divided. 2. the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next. 3. a period of four weeks or 30 days. 4. a. Also called solar month. one-twelfth of a solar year. b. Also called lunar month. the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth, as between successive new moons (synodic month), or between successive conjunctions with a star (sidereal month). 5. months, an indefinitely long period of time: I haven't seen him for months. Idioms: a month of Sundays, an indeterminately great length of time. [before 900; Middle English; Old English mōnath; c. Old Frisian mōnath, Old High German mānōd, (German Monat), Old Norse mānathr, Gothic mēnōths. See moon]

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Noun

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

sidereal month

The time taken by the Moon to complete one revolution around the Earth, measured with respect to a background star or stellar group considered fixed in position. The average time is 27.321 66 days.

Sidereal Month

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

A sidereal month is the period of time it takes the Moon to complete an orbit of Earth with respect to a fixed point in space, specifically, with respect to a fixed star (hence the designation sidereal, from the Greek sidus, meaning “star”). Because of the motion of Earth around the Sun, sidereal months are shorter than months measured from one new moon to the next. A sidereal month is 27 days 7 hours 43 minutes and 11.5 seconds in length.

Sidereal Month

the period of time between two successive arrivals of the moon, in its apparent orbital motion, at the same place (with respect to the stars) on the celestial sphere. Because of the irregularities of the moon’s motion—that is, deviations from the motion prescribed by Kepler’s laws—the length of a sidereal month is not constant and can vary by a few hours. The mean value of a sidereal month is 27.321661 mean solar days. The sidereal month is equal to the moon’s period of revolution around the earth, with respect to the stars. Because of the earth’s motion in its orbit, the sidereal month is shorter than the synodic month.

sidereal month

[sī′dir·ē·əl ′mənth] (astronomy) The time period of one revolution of the moon about the earth relative to the stars; this period varies because of perturbations, but it is a little less than 27⅓ days.

sidereal month

Sidereal month.The average period of revolution of the moon with respect to the stars. It equals 27 days 43 min 11.5 s, or approximately 27⅓ days.

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noun period between successive conjunctions with a star, 27

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