Talk:My Little Pony Equestria Girls/@comment-4109747-20130912211825/@comment-20047155-20130927100055

The 30 moon thing threw me off too. In "Apple Family Reunion," it's stated that a reunion happens every 100 moons. We saw one occuring during S1E1 (mentioned by Applejack during S1E4). That means around 7 years would have passed between the begining of the series and S3E8. I would believe that if not for the fillies. Applebloom looks exactly the same between the two episodes. You think she would have shown some kind of change in that timeframe. Of course this is all based off of Earth's lunar cycle.

What I believe is that 30 moons refers to is 30 moon rises (or 30 nights if you prefer). This allows Sunset Shimmer to travel back to Equestria every so often and keep tabs on current events, and the Apple Family to get together more often.