朔望

さくぼう

Meanings

1. Noun first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)
2. syzygy

Kanji

• 朔 conjunction (astronomy); first day of month; north. Read as サク.
• 望 hope. Read as ボウ.

Words containing 朔望

• 朔望月 (さくぼうげつ) synodic month
• 朔望潮 (さくぼうちょう) spring tide

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