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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Timing and relationships · Motion and the Sun · Intermediate

Lunation

Also called new moon (astrology), full moon (astrology), synodic month

One cycle of the Moon's phases, new moon to new moon, about 29.5 days; also the moment of a new or full moon.

Astrologers note the sign and degree of each new and full moon and whether they fall on sensitive points of a chart. The phase itself is astronomy; what is read into it is astrology.

The astronomy
The synodic month averages 29.53 days.
  • Kind: Astronomy, Technique
  • Tradition: Shared across Western traditions
  • In this site’s birth chart: not used

Related: Moon, Lunar phase at birth, Eclipses in astrology

Written for Cool Moon Facts in its own words. An astrology source documents what astrologers believe or practise; it does not establish that astrology works.

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