- Look up
lunar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Lunar most
commonly means "of or
relating to the Moon".
Lunar may also
refer to:
Lunar (series), a series...
- A
lunar eclipse is an
astronomical event that
occurs when the Moon
moves into the Earth's shadow,
causing the Moon to be darkened. Such an
alignment occurs...
- the Moon have
synchronized the Moon's
orbital period (
lunar month) with its
rotation period (
lunar day) at 29.5
Earth days,
causing the same side of the...
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observed purely lunar calendar is the
Islamic calendar. A
purely lunar calendar is
distinguished from a
lunisolar calendar,
whose lunar months are brought...
- A Moon
landing or
lunar landing is the
arrival of a
spacecraft on the
surface of the Moon,
including both
crewed and
robotic missions. The
first human-made...
- A
lunar phase or Moon
phase is the
apparent shape of the Moon's
directly sunlit portion as
viewed from the Earth.
Because the Moon is
tidally locked with...
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landed their Apollo Lunar Module (LM) on July 20, 1969, and
walked on the
lunar surface,
while Michael Collins remained in
lunar orbit in the command...
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Lunar New Year is the
beginning of a new year
based on
lunar calendars or,
informally but more widely,
lunisolar calendars.
Lunar calendars follow the...
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distance from the
center of
Earth to the
center of the Moon. In contrast, the
Lunar distance (LD or Δ ⊕ L {\textstyle \Delta _{\oplus L}} ), or Earth–Moon characteristic...
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English as the
Muslim calendar and
Islamic calendar, is a
lunar calendar consisting of 12
lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine...
