month

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A month (masculine, etymologically related to the moon ) is a unit of time and part of a year .

General

Depending on the definition , a month is of different duration:

  • The period of 28, 29, 30, or 31 consecutive days . Calendars use months to keep track of time. To do this, they assign a month name to a period of one calendar month ; 12 months make up a year.
  • A month is defined in the astronomical sense as the time span of a complete orbit of