Talk:Lunar conjunction

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Lunar conjunction is the time between .... This is not exact: the lunar conjunction is the start of the new moon.
The Hebrew calendar and Islamic calendar months are based on the time between identical phases of the Moon ... But this is just the synodical month. -- looxix 00:18 Apr 19, 2003 (UTC)

Here is the previous text: Lunar conjunction is the time between identical phases of the Moon ("Mofa'im" in Hebrew). This time is defined as one month in the Hebrew calendar, in contrast to a month in the Gregorian/Julian calendar, which is simply a year (1 revolution of Earth around the Sun) divided into 12 parts.