Synodic Month

  • The Synodic Month is the time taken from one Full Moon to the next.
  • The duration is 29 Days, 12 Hours, 44 Minutes and 2.8 seconds.

Anomalistic Month

  • The Moon’s Anomalistic month is 27 Days, 13 Hours, 18 Minutes, 33.2 seconds.
  • This is the Moon’s Elliptical orbit starting from Perigee when it is nearest to Earth, to Apogee when it is farthest from Earth, and then back to Perigee.

 

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