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Non. Avg. or Non. Sex.
the Nones of August
Month: Sextilis or Avgvstvs or Augustus
The Nones was originally the first Quarter Moon (half of a moon, a quarter of the lunar cycle) of the
month in the early Roman lunar calendar. The Latin word nones meaning “ninth”. When counting days,
the Romans included both the start and end day (in the modern West we skip the start day). Using the
Roman counting system, there were always nine days (eight using modern counting) between the Nones
and the Ids of any month. The actual average time from the lunar First Quarter to the lunar Full Moon is
about 7.4 days, but the Romans rounded up. The Nones occurred on the seventh day of March, May,
July, and October, and on the fifth day of all other months.
The Roman month of Sextilis is named for sex or sext, because it was originally the sixth month of
the Roman solar year. In 8 BCE, the Roman Senate renamed the month Augustus (August), for then
Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. August was sacred to Ceres, Roman Goddess of grain.
The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar
aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In
Romulus’ calendar, Sextilis (the sixth month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven
traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numa’s calendar, Sextilis
had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title),
reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesar’s calendar (the Julian Calendar), Sextilis
had 30 days. Caesar’s calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8
BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius’ death and made other minor modifications
(including expanding August to 31 days), resulting in the modern Western calendar. The Roman Senate
changed the name of the month Sextilis to Augustus (August) in honor of the Roman Emperor
Augustus Caesar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the
Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.
Today totals 5 in modern Western numerology.
numerology
lunar information 2007
Waning Quarter Moon:
Waning Quarter Moon: Lunar. Occurs on this day in 2007.
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