KnowraAnomalistic monthLinked fromLinked fromThe 5 pages that link to Anomalistic month, each with the reason it gives.All 5Related 1Compared with 4Synodic monthCompared with: Its beat against the synodic month produces the full-moon size cycle of supermoons.Lunar monthCompared with: It tracks the Moon’s return to orbital closest approach, not the return of a phase.Sidereal monthCompared with: Another lunar month, longer than the sidereal one because perigee itself advances eastward.Draconic monthCompared with: It measures return to closest approach to Earth rather than return to a node.Saros cycleRelated: Its near-integer count helps reproduce the Moon’s distance and apparent size at each recurrence.