lunation

Plural: lunations

Noun

• The period between two successive new moons; a synodic month.
• the period between successive new moons (29.531 days)
• A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
• The irregular period from one new moon until the next.

Examples

• It felt like a full LUNATION had passed between his turns, he pondered so long.

Synonyms

lunar month, moon, synodic month