Epact

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The epact (Latin: epactae, from Ancient Greek: ἐπακται ἡμεραι epaktai hēmerai 'added days') was originally the term used by medieval computists for the age of a phase of the Moon, in days since the new moon, as determined on 22 March of a given year.

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