Assertion: moon | /r/CapableOf | return to same ecliptic longitude
Facets:
value: as the sun
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The tropical month is the time for the Moon to return to the same ecliptic longitude, i.e. measured from the equinox; it is slightly shorter than the sidereal month because of precession of the equinoxes.
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.