New moon western horizon shortly after sunset and before moonset. A lunation or synodic month is the average time from one new moon to the next. In the J2000.0 epoch, the average length of a lunation is 29.530588 days (or 29 days, 12 hours, 44 minutes, and 2.8 seconds). However, the length of any one synodic month can vary from 29.26 to 29.80 days due to the perturbing effects of the Sun's gravity on the Moon's eccentric orbit. In a lunar calendar, each month corresponds to a lunation. Each lunar cycle can be assigned a unique lunation number to identify it. The
Stanley Miles a cycle shop in Victoria Street and customised both road and track frames. Throughout 1935 Miles competed in 15 events, winning four and finishing third seven times. His victory tally included: the "Anerley '12' hour" with a record distance of 239¼ miles; the "Brighton Mitre '50' mile" in 2 hours, 7 minutes 3 seconds; the "Highgate '100' mile" in 4 hours 34 minutes 25 seconds; and the "Ealing '50' miles" in 2 hours 7 minutes 3 seconds. These achievements meant that he won the title of Best All-rounder with an average speed of 21.809 mph, the second fastest ever achieved