<aside> 💡 Tip: Lunation numbers count the lunar months and can be used for future or past calculations. It creates a continuation for longer cycles, such as the Metonic Cycle, and is useful in past dating specific lunations for Astrology, or to track patterns based on the lunar months.

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The lunation number began in 1925, with the number one. This should not be confused with the Hebrew Lunar Numbering System. A single lunation number encompasses the 4 lunar phases. (e.g. Lunation number 1252 includes the New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon, and Third Quarter). Therefore lunation numbers do distinguish between phases, but numerate the lunar months.

Connecting patterns can be done easily through lunation numbers. Either by working with a metonic cycle- 19 years or calculating 238 lunar months, a full lunar influence is