Dictionary term
Anomalistic Month
Direct answer
Anomalistic Month: An Anomalistic Month is the mean interval between successive lunar perigees.
An Anomalistic Month measures perigee-to-perigee return of the Moon.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Calendars & Timekeeping
- Also appears in
- Calendars & Timekeeping
- Aliases
- None listed
- Last updated
- 2026-07-16
Quick reference
- Use when
- Use Anomalistic Month when explaining perigee recurrence, distance cycles, and perigean spring tides.
- Do not use it for
- Do not claim every perigee creates extreme tides or observable effects at every coast.
- Reference category
- Calendars & Timekeeping
- Related terms
- Sidereal Month, Draconic Month, Calendar, Julian Date
The story behind Anomalistic Month
Lunar theory identified the moving apsidal line as the reason perigee return differs from star-relative orbital return.
Anomalistic Month in spiritual tradition
Spiritually, the anomalistic month invites attention to changing distance without exaggerating its personal influence.
The Great Almanac frames Anomalistic Month with educational restraint. Mystical or symbolic language may be meaningful, but it should not be exaggerated into certainty, panic, or permission to ignore ordinary responsibility.
Anomalistic Month in the Bible
This is a factual calendar, astronomy, Earth-science, cultural-history, or observational reference. It can support wonder and practical planning without becoming a claim of fate, spiritual causation, or private revelation.
Anomalistic Month in numerology
Anomalistic Month is not a numerology claim. Any numbers attached to it should retain their ordinary scientific, calendrical, navigational, or historical meaning unless a separate symbolic interpretation is clearly labeled.
Why Anomalistic Month matters
It tracks the changing Earth-Moon distance cycle that modulates apparent lunar size and some tidal ranges.
Example in a reading: The anomalistic month averages about 27.55 days, so perigee shifts through the phase cycle.
Interpretive caution: Do not claim every perigee creates extreme tides or observable effects at every coast.
How Anomalistic Month is used in a reading
Use Anomalistic Month when explaining perigee recurrence, distance cycles, and perigean spring tides.
Where interpretation stops
Anomalistic Month is presented as sourced astronomy, calendrical, Earth-science, cultural, or instrument-history reference. Definitions should distinguish measured phenomena from civil convention and historical interpretation, preserve location and time dependencies, and avoid turning factual sky data into a deterministic personal claim.
Sources and editorial method
Research references used for this entry include:
- U.S. Naval Observatory: Astronomical Almanac Glossary - Reference definitions for astronomical periods, coordinates, dates, and time scales.
- NOAA Tides and Currents Glossary - Operational definitions for tides, tidal currents, ranges, datums, bores, and amphidromic systems.
The page starts with a direct definition, then separates use, example, caution, spiritual meaning, and historical context. For astrology, occult, demonology, curse, and spiritual warfare terms, the editorial rule is to explain the term without making fear-based, fatalistic, medical, legal, financial, or ritual-instruction claims.
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