Counting 14 nights forward from Opata Roa (17 or 4 + 17 = 21) we will arrive at Rano Raraku - given that item 28 is counted for 2:
The last 4 lines probably are to be counted as the first of next month, which means that number 26 (or with 4 added - the 30th night) is the last night of the current month. Hanga Nui evidently is the first night of the new month. Opata Roa is the first night beyond Waxing Moon and Hango Ohiro is the last night to be counted. Waning Moon is not 14 nights long, only 6 nights long.
Maybe they crossed over items 30-31 in order to underline that a month should end in another way than the missionaries' alternating 30 and 31 days:
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