Conversion number between month (sidereal) and month (synodic) [mo] is 0.92519864726425. This means, that month (sidereal) is smaller unit than month (synodic).
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from month (synodic) to month (sidereal) conversion
| month (sidereal) |
Result in month (synodic)
?If conversion between month (sidereal) to second and second to month (synodic) is exactly definied, high precision conversion from month (sidereal) to month (synodic) is enabled.
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| Start value: | [month (sidereal)] |
| Step size | [month (sidereal)] |
| How many lines? | (max 100) |
| month (sidereal) | month (synodic) |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 9.2519864726425 |
| 20 | 18.503972945285 |
| 30 | 27.755959417928 |
| 40 | 37.00794589057 |
| 50 | 46.259932363213 |
| 60 | 55.511918835855 |
| 70 | 64.763905308498 |
| 80 | 74.01589178114 |
| 90 | 83.267878253783 |
| 100 | 92.519864726425 |
| 110 | 101.77185119907 |
Definition of month (sidereal) unit: ≈ 27.321661 days. "It is the time it takes the Moon to go around Earth measured from a fixed point. Sideric month is not completely constant, an average value has been used for calculating."
Definition of month (synodic) unit: ≈ 29.530589 days. Synodic month = Cycle time of moon phases (example, from fool moon to next fool moon). This period is not constant and it is longer than moon rotation around Earth (sidereal month), because moon and Earth moves together around the Sun.
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