• someguy3@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Given our propensity to watch the stars and moon, I think we’d figure out some month schedule if we wanted one.

    Months really don’t matter all that much because the seasons are still based the Sun and the planets tilt. The days get shorter and longer each day and that’s pretty easy to observe.

    (We might actually get a month that makes more sense if we throw out lunar cycles. One that aligns with the week.)

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      1 year ago

      True, it takes 28 days for the moon to orbit us and yet only one of our months is actually 28 days long (and even then it’s 29 if the year’s a multiple of 4). Every other month is either 30 or 31 days long.