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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 123 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LUNATION , the See also:

period of return of the See also:

MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon (tuna) to the same position relative to the See also:

sun; for example, from full moon to full moon . Its duration is 29'5305884 days .

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