KnowraSynodic monthLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Synodic month, each with the reason it gives.All 17Broader topic 1Related 12Compared with 4Sidereal monthCompared with: About 2.2 days longer, because Earth's motion around the Sun shifts the Sun's direction during each lunar orbit.Draconic monthCompared with: It tracks Sun–Moon alignment, not the Moon’s return to an orbital node.Anomalistic monthCompared with: The longest of the lunar months; phase depends on both Moon and Sun, not on perigee position.Orbit of the MoonCompared with: It exceeds the sidereal month because Earth and Moon move together around the Sun.