New moon - Sakubougetsu

Japanese: 朔望月 - さくぼうげつ
New moon - Sakubougetsu

The time it takes for the moon to go around the celestial sphere once relative to the sun, or in other words the period of the moon's phases, the time from one new moon to the next (from one full moon to the next full moon). The average number of days is 29.530589 days (29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, 2.9 seconds). The movement of the moon is irregular, varying around this average number of days by about 6.5 hours. This is the month that is most relevant to our daily lives, and is the basic cycle of the lunar calendar.

[Toshio Watanabe]

[Reference] | Lunar calendar

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

太陽に対して月が天球を1周する時間、いいかえると月が満ち欠けする周期、新月から次の新月まで(満月から次の満月まで)の時間。平均の日数は29.530589日(29日12時間44分2.9秒)である。月の運動は不規則で、この平均日数の前後に6.5時間ぐらい変動する。われわれの日常生活にもっとも関係のあるひと月で、太陰暦法の基本周期である。

[渡辺敏夫]

[参照項目] | 太陰暦

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