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Lunar day
(1) The interval of time between two successive upper or lower transits of the Sun through a meridian of the Moon. (2) The interval of time from one upper transit of the Moon through a meridian of the Earth to the next upper transit. It is about 24 hours 50 minutes 24. 9 seconds long, on the average, but varies as much as 10 minutes from this value.
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