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The lunar phase cycle from a full moon to new moon and back again is called a lunation.

However, the moon has an elliptical orbit and is sometimes closer to the earth than at other times. A full moon when it is close to the earth looks bigger than a full moon when it is farthest away. It takes 14 lunations for the pattern of full moons to go from a big full moon (closest to earth) to a small full moon (farthest away) and back again. The 14 lunations are called a full moon cycle.

If you wish to consider lunar eclipses then 16 full moon cycles make up a saros. About 40 lunar eclipses occur during a saros and eclipses which occur 1 saros apart are very similar.

Q: What do you call the length of time for the pattern of the moon to repeat?
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The lunar phase cycle from a full moon to new moon and back again is called a lunation.

However, the moon has an elliptical orbit and is sometimes closer to the earth than at other times. A full moon when it is close to the earth looks bigger than a full moon when it is farthest away. It takes 14 lunations for the pattern of full moons to go from a big full moon (closest to earth) to a small full moon (farthest away) and back again. The 14 lunations are called a full moon cycle.

If you wish to consider lunar eclipses then 16 full moon cycles make up a saros. About 40 lunar eclipses occur during a saros and eclipses which occur 1 saros apart are very similar.

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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern -U-AT--N-. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter U and 4th letter A and 5th letter T and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

ducatoons

durations

lunations

luxations

mutations

nudations

nutations

pupations

sudations

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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 16 words with the pattern LUN------. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter L and 2nd letter U and 3rd letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

lunanauts

lunarians

lunarists

lunarnaut

lunatical

lunations

luncheons

lunchmeat

lunchroom

lunchtime

lungworms

lungworts

lunisolar

lunitidal

lunkheads

lunulated

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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 17 words with the pattern L----I-N-. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter L and 6th letter I and 8th letter N. In alphabetical order, they are:

lavations

laxations

legations

lemurians

lenitions

libations

ligations

limations

limekilns

lobations

locations

locutions

logicians

lunarians

lunations

luxations

luxuriant

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True. Hijra does mark the start of the Islamic calender, hence the abbreviation A.H (after hijra). Meaning after the migration to Medina from Makkah where the first Islamic state was established.

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