Assertion: moon | /r/CapableOf | return to node
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text: The time taken for the Moon to return to a node is therefore shorter than its orbital period; this time is known as a Draconic Month, and is 27.212220 days.
text: Note that there are three main moving points: the Sun, the Moon, and the (ascending) node; and that there are three main periods, when each of the three possible pairs of moving points meet one another: the synodic month when the Moon returns to the Sun, the draconic month when the Moon returns to the node, and the eclipse year when the Sun returns to the node.
text: Lunar months can also be measured by tracking the moon as it moves from perigee to perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, or when the moon returns to one of the two nodes in its orbit which intersect with Earth's orbit.
text: As seen from the Earth, the time it takes for the Moon to return to a node, the draconic month, is less than the time it takes for the Moon to return to the same ecliptic longitude as the Sun: the synodic month.