What is the Lunar Calendar and what is it for?

Since we began to be aware we have heard about the Lunar Calendar and that it is used for multiple aspects, but well, what is the Lunar Calendar and what is it for? The Lunar Calendar has been implemented for many centuries, in itself there is no exact date of its beginning, but the event is recorded from Ancient Egypt.

The Lunar Calendar is the way to calculate the years according to the phases of the Moon, where each lunation corresponds to a lunar month, that is, each period between two moments in which the Moon is in the same phase is called a lunar month and each of these pays 29.53 days of the Sun.

It is important to remember that the phases of the Moon are produced due to the interaction between the movements of the Earth, the Moon and the Sun. Normally we have heard that there are four phases of the Moon: First Quarter, Last Quarter, New Moon and Full Moon , but over 29.53 days the Moon passes through several intermediate layers, which science has so far been unable to identify or name.

In the same way, all the phases of the Moon have been used for various aspects, such as: cutting hair, waxing, planting, gardening, treatments, the cycle of women, the tides and countless other things. So far there is no scientific article that proves a relationship between the phases of the Moon and the aforementioned, but there are many people who have credibility and confidence in this.

At present, people, especially women, wait for the phase of the Moon to cut their hair according to what benefit they want to obtain, such as growth, abundance, retaining hair loss and so on. The same thing happens on the farms, where the peasants wait for the right phase of the Moon to sow or harvest the harvest.