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Sidereal Month
    

The sidereal month is the time between maximum elevations of a fixed star as seen from the Moon. In 1994-1998, it was 27.321662 days.

Anomalistic Month, Draconic Month, Month, Sidereal Day, Sidereal Period, Sidereal Year, Synodic Month, Tropical Month




References

United States Government Printing Office. The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2000. Washington, DC: Navy Dept., Naval Observatory, Nautical Almanac Office, p. D2, 2000.