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DRACONIC MONTH [1 record]

Record 1 2017-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
CONT

The Moon's revolution from one node to the same node again (called the draconic month, 27.212220 days) takes somewhat less time than a revolution from Full Moon to Full Moon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
CONT

[...] le temps qui sépare deux passages consécutifs de la lune au même nœud [...] est égal à [...] 27,2122 jours, durée qui a reçu le nom de révolution draconique.

Spanish

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