If there is a new moon at midnight on october 1, when would the next new moon occur

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Gillian Vega

27 December, 15:40

If there is a new moon at midnight on october 1, when would the next new moon occur

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Giovani Sweeney · Answer 1

A new moon occurs once every lunar month, and a lunar month lasts 29.5 earth days. Therefore, the new moon may occur either 29 days after this one, on the 30th of October, or it may occur 30 days after this one, on the 31st of October, since there can not be 0.5 days in a month.