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Solar vs. Lunar Calendar Overview

The solar calendar is based on the solar year of 365.2422 days, with leap years every four years to account for extra fractional days. The lunar calendar is synchronized to the lunar month of 29.5 days, resulting in alternating 29 and 30 day months and a 354 day year. Different calendars are based on either the sun or moon, with the solar calendar following the sun's cycles and lunar calendar following the moon's.

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Solar vs. Lunar Calendar Overview

The solar calendar is based on the solar year of 365.2422 days, with leap years every four years to account for extra fractional days. The lunar calendar is synchronized to the lunar month of 29.5 days, resulting in alternating 29 and 30 day months and a 354 day year. Different calendars are based on either the sun or moon, with the solar calendar following the sun's cycles and lunar calendar following the moon's.

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Exercise:

Common types of calendars can be based on the Sun or the Moon. The solar calendar
is based on the solar year. Since the solar year is 365.2422 days long, solar calendars
consist of regular years of 365 days and have an extra day every fourth year, or leap year,
to make up for the additional fractional amount. In a solar calendar, the waxing and waning
of the Moon can take place at various stages each month.
The lunar calendar is synchronized to the lunar month rather than the solar year.
Since the lunar month is twenty-nine and a half days long, most lunar calendars have
alternating months of twenty-nine and thirty days. A twelve-month lunar year thus has 354
days, 11 days shorter than a solar year.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?


Common types of calendars can be based on the Sun or the Moon.
The lunar calendar is synchronized to the lunar month rather than the solar year.

(A) All calendars are the same.


(B) The solar calendar is based on the Sun.
(C) Different calendars have similar bases.
(D) The lunar month is twenty-nine and a half days long.

2. How is the information in the passage organized?


Common types of calendars can be based on the Sun or the Moon.
The lunar calendar is synchronized to the lunar month rather than the solar year.

(A) Characteristics of the solar calendar are outlined.


(B) Two types of calendars are described.
(C) The strengths and weakness of the lunar calendar are described.
(D) The length of each existing calendar is contrasted.

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