Found 2 items, similar to anomalistic month.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: anomalistic month anomalistic month n : period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days
English → English (gcide) Definition: Anomalistic month Anomalistic \A*nom`a*lis"tic\, Anomalistical \A*nom`a*lis"tic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anomalistique.] 1. Irregular; departing from common or established rules. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) Pertaining to the anomaly, or angular distance of a planet from its perihelion. [1913 Webster] Anomalistic month. See under Month. Anomalistic revolution, the period in which a planet or satellite goes through the complete cycles of its changes of anomaly, or from any point in its elliptic orbit to the same again. Anomalistic, or Periodical year. See under Year. [1913 Webster]