Sentences with phrase «lunar syzygy»
This period ensures a close alignment between lunar perigee and solar / lunar syzygy (i.e. New or Full Moon).
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b) the time scale associated with associated with the synchronization of the line - of - nodes with the the syzygies of the Earth — Moon — Sun system (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month)
a) the time scale associated with the synchronization of the line - of - apsides with the the syzygies of the Earth — Moon — Sun system (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month)
The first period is the time required for the syzygies of the Earth / Moon / Sun (i.e. the Lunar Synodic month) to realign with the closest lunar periLunar Synodic month) to realign with the closest lunar perilunar perigees.
It also involves a close agreement between the lunar perigee / syzygy and BOTH the perihelion of the Earth's orbit and the time of passage of the Moon through one of its nodes.