Sentence examples for full lunar from inspiring English sources

The Chinese calendar is basically lunar, its year consisting of 12 months of alternately 29 and 30 days, equal to 354 days, or approximately 12 full lunar cycles.

It was early March: I had chosen this day months before for its full moon, enchanted by the notion that it would also be a full lunar eclipse.

The Egyptian lunar calendar, the older of the two systems, consisted of twelve months whose duration differed according to the length of a full lunar cycle (normally 28 or 29 days).

Flight controllers confirmed Friday that the orbiting spacecraft crashed into the back side of the moon as planned, just three days after surviving a full lunar eclipse, something it was never designed to do.

12) Once the patient no longer has symptoms, he or she should remain in isolation for one full lunar cycle before moving freely in the village.

A total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon passes directly within this inner shadow, but those are rare.

Additionally, we tested the prediction that the high activity levels expected during full-moon nights would be inhibited during three total lunar eclipses.

Naming his technique Superadobe, Khalili suggested that astronauts carry up empty sacks, pack them full of lunar dust and then Velcro them together into a climbing, narrowing spiral.

The deadline for a team to make an attempt to win the full $20m Lunar X prize has been set for December 2012.

To get ready for a full launch, Lunar Way is disclosing €4.2 million in new funding.

If you look up at the sky on September 16 at 3 05 P.M (ET), you will see a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse occurring in the sign of Pisces.