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Sidereal Period versus Synodic Period. 1  Measuring the motion of the Moon around the Earth relative to the distant stars leads us to what is called the sidereal period. 2  Measuring the motion of the Moon around the Earth relative to the Sun leads us to what is called the synodic (pronounced si-nod-ik) period.
AT the equator the Solar rotation period is 24.47 days which is the sidereal motion and a synodic rotation period of 26.24 days, which is the time for a fixed feature of the Sun to rotate to the same apparent position as viewed from Earth.