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<button aria-controls="toc-Lunar_calendars-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Lunar calendars subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Lunar_calendars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Islamic_calendar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Islamic_calendar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Islamic calendar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Islamic_calendar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Solar_calendars_holding_moveable_feasts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Solar_calendars_holding_moveable_feasts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Solar calendars holding moveable feasts</span> </div> </a> <button 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id="toc-Christian_liturgical_calendar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE" title="অমাবস্যা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="অমাবস্যা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Маладзік – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Маладзік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Новолуние – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Новолуние" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lluna_nova" title="Lluna nova – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lluna nova" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nov" title="Nov – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nov" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golipalli" title="Golipalli – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Golipalli" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nym%C3%A5ne" title="Nymåne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Nymåne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumond" title="Neumond – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Neumond" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AD%CE%B1_%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AE%CE%BD%CE%B7" title="Νέα Σελήνη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νέα Σελήνη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_nueva" title="Luna nueva – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Luna nueva" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novluno" title="Novluno – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Novluno" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novicionis" title="Novicionis – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Novicionis" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%88" title="ماه نو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ماه نو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouvelle_lune" title="Nouvelle lune – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Nouvelle lune" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijmoanne" title="Nijmoanne – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Nijmoanne" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%A0%EC%9B%94" title="신월 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="신월" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6" title="Նորալուսին – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նորալուսին" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7" title="कृष्ण पक्ष – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कृष्ण पक्ष" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulan_baru" title="Bulan baru – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bulan baru" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novilunio" title="Novilunio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Novilunio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%94" title="מולד הלבנה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מולד הלבנה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%97%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="ახალმთვარეობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ახალმთვარეობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B3w" title="Nów – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Nów" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mwezi_mwandamo" title="Mwezi mwandamo – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mwezi mwandamo" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neimound" title="Neimound – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Neimound" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaunatis" title="Jaunatis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jaunatis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Млада месечина – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Млада месечина" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF" title="അമാവാസി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അമാവാസി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7" title="कृष्ण पक्ष – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="कृष्ण पक्ष" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak_bulan" title="Anak bulan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Anak bulan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwe_maan" title="Nieuwe maan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nieuwe maan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80" title="औँसी – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="औँसी" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Moon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/New_Moon.jpg/300px-New_Moon.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/New_Moon.jpg/450px-New_Moon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/New_Moon.jpg/600px-New_Moon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2400" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Computer_simulation" title="Computer simulation">simulated image</a> of the traditionally defined new Moon: the earliest visible <a href="/wiki/Waxing_crescent" class="mw-redirect" title="Waxing crescent">waxing crescent</a> (lower right), which signals the start of a new month in many lunar and <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At new moon, mostly <a href="/wiki/Earthlight_(astronomy)" title="Earthlight (astronomy)">earthlight</a> illuminates the <a href="/wiki/Near_side_of_the_Moon" title="Near side of the Moon">near side of the Moon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons,_annotated.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons%2C_annotated.svg/220px-Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons%2C_annotated.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons%2C_annotated.svg/330px-Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons%2C_annotated.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons%2C_annotated.svg/440px-Eclipse_vs_new_or_full_moons%2C_annotated.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="772" /></a><figcaption>As the Earth revolves around the Sun, approximate <a href="/wiki/Axial_parallelism" title="Axial parallelism">axial parallelism</a> of the Moon's orbital plane (<a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">tilted</a> five degrees to the <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">Earth's orbital plane</a>) results in the revolution of the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_nodes" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar nodes">lunar nodes</a> relative to the Earth. This causes an <a href="/wiki/Eclipse_season" title="Eclipse season">eclipse season</a> approximately every six months, in which a <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse" title="Solar eclipse">solar eclipse</a> can occur at the new moon phase.</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>, the <b>new moon</b> is the first <a href="/wiki/Lunar_phase" title="Lunar phase">lunar phase</a>, when the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sun" title="Sun">Sun</a> have the same <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic_coordinate_system" title="Ecliptic coordinate system">ecliptic longitude</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMeeus1991319_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMeeus1991319-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this phase, the lunar disk is not visible to the <a href="/wiki/Naked_eye" title="Naked eye">naked eye</a>, except when it is silhouetted against the Sun during a <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse" title="Solar eclipse">solar eclipse</a>. </p><p>The original meaning of the term 'new moon', which is still sometimes used in <a href="/wiki/Calendar" title="Calendar">calendrical</a>, non-astronomical contexts, is the first visible <a href="/wiki/Crescent" title="Crescent">crescent</a> of the Moon after <a href="/wiki/Conjunction_(astronomy)" title="Conjunction (astronomy)">conjunction</a> with the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This thin <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waxing" class="extiw" title="wikt:waxing">waxing</a> crescent is briefly and faintly visible as the Moon gets lower in the western sky after <a href="/wiki/Sunset" title="Sunset">sunset</a>. The precise time and even the date of the appearance of the new moon by this definition will be influenced by the geographical location of the observer. The first crescent marks the beginning of the month in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in some <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendars</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>, the beginning of the month is marked by the last visible crescent of a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waning" class="extiw" title="wikt:waning">waning</a> Moon. </p><p>The astronomical new moon occurs by definition at the moment of conjunction in <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic_coordinate_system" title="Ecliptic coordinate system">ecliptical longitude</a> with the Sun when the Moon is invisible from the Earth. This moment is unique and does not depend on location, and in certain circumstances, it coincides with a <a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse" title="Solar eclipse">solar eclipse</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Lunation" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunation">lunation</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Synodic_month" class="mw-redirect" title="Synodic month">synodic month</a>, is the period from one new moon to the next. At the <a href="/wiki/J2000.0" class="mw-redirect" title="J2000.0">J2000.0</a> epoch, the average length of a lunation is 29.53059 <a href="/wiki/Day" title="Day">days</a> (or 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 3 seconds).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESeidelmann1992576_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESeidelmann1992576-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the length of any one synodic month can vary from 29.26 to 29.80 days (12.96 hours) due to the <a href="/wiki/Perturbation_(astronomy)" title="Perturbation (astronomy)">perturbing</a> effects of the Sun's gravity on the Moon's <a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">eccentric orbit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lunation_number">Lunation number</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Lunation number"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/New_moon" title="Special:EditPage/New moon">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2015</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i>Lunation Number</i> or <i>Lunation Cycle</i> is a number given to each <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lunation" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:lunation">lunation</a> beginning from a specific one in history. Several conventions are in use. </p><p>The most commonly used was the <a href="/wiki/Ernest_William_Brown" title="Ernest William Brown">Brown</a> Lunation Number (BLN), which defines "lunation 1" as beginning at the first new moon of 1923, the year when <a href="/wiki/Ernest_William_Brown" title="Ernest William Brown">Ernest William Brown's</a> <a href="/wiki/Lunar_theory" title="Lunar theory">lunar theory</a> was introduced in the <a href="/wiki/American_Ephemeris_and_Nautical_Almanac" title="American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac">American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac</a>. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Lunation 1 occurred at approximately 02:41 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>, 17 January 1923. With later refinements, the BLN was used in almanacs until 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A more recent lunation number (called the Lunation Number) was introduced by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Meeus" title="Jean Meeus">Jean Meeus</a> in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> defines lunation 0 as beginning on the first new moon of 2000 (this occurred at approximately 18:14 <a href="/wiki/UTC" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC">UTC</a>, 6 January 2000). The formula relating Meeus's Lunation Number with the Brown Lunation Number is BLN = LN + 953. </p><p>The Goldstine Lunation Number refers to the lunation numbering used by <a href="/wiki/Herman_Goldstine" title="Herman Goldstine">Herman Goldstine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with lunation 0 beginning on 11 January 1001 BCE, and can be calculated using GLN = LN + 37105. </p><p>The Hebrew Lunation Number is the count of lunations in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a> with lunation 1 beginning on 6 October 3761 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can be calculated using HLN = LN + 71234. </p><p>The Islamic Lunation Number is the count of lunations in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic Calendar">Islamic Calendar</a> with lunation 1 as beginning on the first day of the month of <a href="/wiki/Muharram" title="Muharram">Muharram</a>, which occurred in 622  CE (15 July, Julian, in the proleptic reckoning).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can be calculated using ILN = LN + 17038. </p><p>The Thai Lunation Number is called "มาสเกณฑ์" (Maasa-Kendha), defines lunation 0 as the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Burmese_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese era">Burmese era</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a> on Sunday, 22 March 638 CE.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It can be calculated using TLN = LN + 16843. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lunisolar_calendars">Lunisolar calendars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lunisolar calendars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">Lunisolar calendar</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hebrew_calendar">Hebrew calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hebrew calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new moon, in Hebrew <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Chodesh" title="Rosh Chodesh">Rosh Chodesh</a>, signifies the start of every Hebrew month and is considered an important date and minor holiday in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a>. The modern form of the calendar practiced in Judaism is a rule-based <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">lunisolar calendar</a>, akin to the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>, measuring months defined in lunar cycles as well as years measured in solar cycles, and distinct from the purely lunar <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">Islamic calendar</a> and the predominantly solar <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>. The Jewish months are fixed to the annual seasons by setting the new moon of <a href="/wiki/Aviv" title="Aviv">Aviv</a>, the <i>barley ripening</i>, or <i>spring</i>, as the first moon and head of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_captivity" title="Babylonian captivity">Babylonian captivity</a>, this month is called <a href="/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">Nisan</a>, and it is calculated based on mathematical rules designed to ensure that festivals are observed in their traditional season. Passover always falls in the springtime.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fixed lunisolar calendar follows rules introduced by <a href="/wiki/Hillel_II" title="Hillel II">Hillel II</a> and refined until the ninth century. This calculation makes use of a mean lunation length used by <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lunar_theory#Babylon" title="Lunar theory">handed down from Babylonians</a>, which is still very accurate: ca. 29.530594 days vs. a present value (see <a href="#Determining_new_moons:_an_approximate_formula">below</a>) of 29.530589 days. This difference of only 0.000005, or five millionths of a day, adds up to about only four hours since Babylonian times.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinese_calendar">Chinese calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chinese calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The new moon is the beginning of the month in the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>. Some Buddhist Chinese keep a vegetarian diet on the new moon and full moon each month.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hindu_calendar">Hindu calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hindu calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg/220px-Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg/330px-Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg/440px-Amavasya_and_Prathama_tithi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2550" data-file-height="1256" /></a><figcaption>Amavasya and Prathama tithi</figcaption></figure> <p>The new moon is significant in the lunar <a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendar</a>. The first day of the calendar starts the day after the dark moon phase (<a href="/wiki/Amavasya" title="Amavasya">Amavasya</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are fifteen moon dates for each of the waxing and waning periods. These fifteen dates are divided evenly into five categories: Nanda, Bhadra', Jaya, Rikta, and Purna, which are cycled through in that order.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilhelm_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilhelm-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nanda dates are considered to be favorable for auspicious works; Bhadra dates for works related to community, social, family, and friends; and Jaya dates for dealing with conflict. Rikta dates are considered beneficial only for works related to cruelty. Purna dates are considered to be favorable for all work.<sup id="cite_ref-Wilhelm_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilhelm-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 25">: 25 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Babylonian_calendar"><a href="/wiki/Babylonian_calendar" title="Babylonian calendar">Babylonian calendar</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Babylonian calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span"><b>This section is empty.</b> You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2021</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lunar_calendars">Lunar calendars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lunar calendars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lunar_calendar" title="Lunar calendar">Lunar calendar</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islamic_calendar">Islamic calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Islamic calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar" title="Solar Hijri calendar">Solar Hijri calendar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tabular_Islamic_calendar" title="Tabular Islamic calendar">Tabular Islamic calendar</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_calendar" title="Islamic calendar">lunar Hijri calendar</a> has exactly 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESeidelmann1992577_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESeidelmann1992577-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has retained an observational definition of the new moon, marking the new month when the first crescent moon is seen, and making it impossible to be certain in advance of when a specific month will begin (in particular, the exact date on which the <a href="/wiki/Ramadan_(calendar_month)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramadan (calendar month)">month of Ramadan</a> will begin is not known in advance). In <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a>, the new King Abdullah Centre for Crescent Observations and Astronomy in Mecca has a clock for addressing this as an international scientific project. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, there is a "Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee" whose head is Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, assisted by 150 observatories of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Meteorological_Department" title="Pakistan Meteorological Department">Pakistan Meteorological Department</a>, which announces the sighting of the new moon.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An attempt to unify Muslims on a scientifically calculated worldwide calendar was adopted by both the <a href="/wiki/Fiqh_Council_of_North_America" title="Fiqh Council of North America">Fiqh Council of North America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_Council_for_Fatwa_and_Research" title="European Council for Fatwa and Research">European Council for Fatwa and Research</a> in 2007. The new calculation requires that conjunction must occur before sunset in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and that, on the same evening, the moonset must take place after sunset. These can be precisely calculated and therefore a unified calendar is possible should it become adopted worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solar_calendars_holding_moveable_feasts">Solar calendars holding moveable feasts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Solar calendars holding moveable feasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baháʼí_calendar"><span id="Bah.C3.A1.CA.BC.C3.AD_calendar"></span>Baháʼí calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Baháʼí calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_calendar" title="Baháʼí calendar">Baháʼí calendar</a> is a solar calendar with certain new moons observed as <a href="/wiki/Moveable_feasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Moveable feasts">moveable feasts</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, effective from 2015 onwards, the "<a href="/wiki/Twin_Holy_Birthdays" title="Twin Holy Birthdays">Twin Holy Birthdays</a>", refer to two successive holy days in the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_calendar" title="Baháʼí calendar">Baháʼí calendar</a> (the birth of the <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1b" title="Báb">Báb</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Birth_of_Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h" class="mw-redirect" title="Birth of Bahá'u'lláh">birth of Bahá'u'lláh</a>), will be observed on the first and the second day following the occurrence of the eighth new moon after <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Naw-R%C3%BAz" title="Baháʼí Naw-Rúz">Naw-Rúz</a> (Baháʼí New Year), as determined in advance by astronomical tables using <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> as the point of reference.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This will result in the observance of the Twin Birthdays moving, year to year, from mid-October to mid-November according to the Gregorian calendar.<sup id="cite_ref-Clarifications_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarifications-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Christian_liturgical_calendar">Christian liturgical calendar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Christian liturgical calendar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a>, the most important feast in the Christian <a href="/wiki/Liturgical_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Liturgical calendar">liturgical calendar</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Movable_feast" class="mw-redirect" title="Movable feast">movable feast</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Date_of_Easter" title="Date of Easter">date of Easter</a> is determined by reference to the <a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_full_moon" title="Ecclesiastical full moon">ecclesiastical full moon</a>, which, being historically difficult to determine with precision, is defined as being fourteen days after the (first crescent) new moon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMosshammer200876_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMosshammer200876-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDershowitzReingold2008114–115_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDershowitzReingold2008114–115-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 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It is from that point as day one that the fourteenth day of the moon is counted."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDershowitzReingold2008114–115-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDershowitzReingold2008114–115_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDershowitzReingold2008">Dershowitz & Reingold 2008</a>, pp. 114–115.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Works_cited">Works cited</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Works cited"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDershowitzReingold2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nachum_Dershowitz" title="Nachum Dershowitz">Dershowitz, Nachum</a>; <a href="/wiki/Edward_Reingold" title="Edward Reingold">Reingold, Edward M.</a> (2008). <a href="/wiki/Calendrical_Calculations" title="Calendrical Calculations"><i>Calendrical Calculations</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-88540-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-88540-9"><bdi>978-0-521-88540-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Calendrical+Calculations&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-521-88540-9&rft.aulast=Dershowitz&rft.aufirst=Nachum&rft.au=Reingold%2C+Edward+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+moon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeeus1991" class="citation book cs1">Meeus, Jean (1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/astronomicalalgorithmsjeanmeeus1991"><i>Astronomical Algorithms</i></a>. Willmann-Bell. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-943396-35-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-943396-35-4"><bdi>978-0-943396-35-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Astronomical+Algorithms&rft.pub=Willmann-Bell&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-943396-35-4&rft.aulast=Meeus&rft.aufirst=Jean&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fastronomicalalgorithmsjeanmeeus1991&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+moon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMosshammer2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alden_Mosshammer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alden Mosshammer (page does not exist)">Mosshammer, Alden A.</a> (2008). <i>The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era</i>. Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-954312-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-954312-0"><bdi>978-0-19-954312-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Easter+Computus+and+the+Origins+of+the+Christian+Era&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-19-954312-0&rft.aulast=Mosshammer&rft.aufirst=Alden+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+moon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeidelmann1992" class="citation book cs1">Seidelmann, P. Kenneth, ed. (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/131123ExplanatorySupplementAstronomicalAlmanac"><i>Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac</i></a>. University Science Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-935702-68-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-935702-68-2"><bdi>978-0-935702-68-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Explanatory+Supplement+to+the+Astronomical+Almanac&rft.pub=University+Science+Books&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-935702-68-2&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2F131123ExplanatorySupplementAstronomicalAlmanac&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANew+moon" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_moon&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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title="Eclipse">Eclipses</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_eclipse" title="Lunar eclipse">Lunar eclipse</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Total_penumbral_lunar_eclipse" title="Total penumbral lunar eclipse">Total penumbral lunar eclipse</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tetrad_(astronomy)" title="Tetrad (astronomy)">Tetrad</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipse" title="Solar eclipse">Solar eclipse</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Solar_eclipses_on_the_Moon" title="Solar eclipses on the Moon">Solar eclipses on the Moon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eclipse_cycle" title="Eclipse cycle">Eclipse cycle</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Supermoon" title="Supermoon">Supermoon</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">Tide</a></span> <ul><li><span 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href="/wiki/Lunar_craters" title="Lunar craters">Craters</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_craters_on_the_Moon" title="List of craters on the Moon">List</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_system#Lunar_rays" title="Ray system">Ray systems</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Permanently_shadowed_crater" title="Permanently shadowed crater">Permanently shadowed craters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Pole%E2%80%93Aitken_basin" title="South Pole–Aitken basin">South Pole–Aitken basin</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_soil" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar soil">Soil</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_swirls" title="Lunar swirls">swirls</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rille" title="Rille">Rilles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wrinkle_ridge" title="Wrinkle ridge">Wrinkle ridges</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Moon_rock" title="Moon rock">Rocks</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_basalt_70017" title="Lunar basalt 70017">Lunar basalt 70017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Changesite-(Y)" title="Changesite-(Y)">Changesite-(Y)</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_water" title="Lunar water">Water</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Space_weathering" title="Space weathering">Space weathering</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Micrometeorite" title="Micrometeorite">Micrometeorite</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sputtering" title="Sputtering">Sputtering</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quake_(natural_phenomenon)#Moonquake" title="Quake (natural phenomenon)">Quakes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Transient_lunar_phenomenon" title="Transient lunar phenomenon">Transient lunar phenomenon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Selenographic_coordinate_system" title="Selenographic coordinate system">Selenographic coordinate system</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_observation" title="Lunar observation">Observation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Libration#Lunar_libration" title="Libration">Libration</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_theory" title="Lunar theory">Lunar theory</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Moon" title="Origin of the Moon">Origin</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giant-impact_hypothesis" title="Giant-impact hypothesis">Giant-impact hypothesis</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Theia_(planet)" title="Theia (planet)">Theia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_magma_ocean" title="Lunar magma ocean">Lunar magma ocean</a></span></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_the_Moon" title="Geology of the Moon">Geology</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_geologic_timescale" title="Lunar geologic timescale">Timescale</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Late_Heavy_Bombardment" title="Late Heavy Bombardment">Late Heavy Bombardment</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lunar_meteorite" title="Lunar meteorite">Lunar meteorites</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/KREEP" title="KREEP">KREEP</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Volcanism_on_the_Moon" title="Volcanism on the Moon">Volcanism</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span 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