What is "synodic month"

n. 1 a month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. The long-term average duration is 29.530 588 days (29 d 12 h 44 min 2.8 s), or about 29 ½ days. 2 the variably cyclic period from one new moon until the next.

n. the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn: lunar month, moon, lunation]