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If there is a New Moon at midnight on October 1, when would the next new moon occur?

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A new moon appears once every lunar year and a lunar year is roughly 29.5 earth days. So the next moon would appear about 29 or 30 days after October 1st. This would be around either October 30th or 31st as 0.5 days doesn't exist.

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