The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Cycle of the Moon

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Also known as the metonic cycle. A period of 19 solar years, after which the new and full moons fall on the same days of the year as they did 19 years before. This is sometimes referred to as the golden number.

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