lunar month

noun

: the time between one new moon and the next, one full moon and the next, etc.

Examples of lunar month in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Holi falls on the last full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Phalgun, which usually lands in March and occasionally in late February. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026

Held on the last full moon of the lunar month Phalgun (usually March, sometimes late February), Holi is widely considered the world’s most colorful festival. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026

On May 31, the lunar month culminates in a Blue Moon — in this case, the second full moon in a calendar month. — Doris Elin Urrutia, Space.com, 30 May 2026

Additionally, researchers learned that the ants combine their impressive lunar compass with terrestrial and solar cues, at dawn and dusk, to navigate consistently even as moon visibility varies during the lunar month. — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 17 May 2026