new moon

new moon

English

Etymology

From Middle English newe moone, newe mone, equivalent to new +‎ moon.

Noun

new moon (plural new moons)

1. The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.

   Coordinate term: full moon

2. The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.

   Coordinate term: full moon

3. The phase of the moon when it is waxing.

   Synonym: waxing moon

   Coordinate term: old moon

4. The moon when it is waxing.

   Synonym: waxing moon

   Coordinate term: old moon

5. The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.

Translations

phase of moon when in conjunction with sun

Afrikaans: donkermaan, nuwemaan (af) Arabic: محاق‎ m (muḥaaq) Bulgarian: новолу́ние n (novolúnie) Burmese: လကွယ် (my) (la.kwai) Catalan: lluna nova f Chinese: Mandarin: 新月 (zh) (xīnyuè), 朔 (zh) (shuò) Czech: nov (cs) m Danish: nymåne (da) c Dutch: nieuwe maan (nl) m or f Finnish: uusikuu (fi), uusi kuu French: nouvelle lune (fr) f Galician: lúa nova (gl) f German: Neumond (de) m Greek: νέα σελήνη f (néa selíni) Ancient: νουμηνία f (noumēnía) Gujarati: અમાસ (amās) Hungarian: újhold (hu) Hunsrik: Neimond m Irish: nuaré f Italian: luna nuova f, novilunio (it) m Japanese: 新月 (ja) (しんげつ, shingetsu), 朔 (ja) (さく, saku) Karok: kusráhpiit Lakota: wit’é, wítȟeča Latin: luna prima f, novilunium n Lithuanian: jaunatis (lt) f Livonian: nūoŗkū Luxembourgish: Neimound m Malay: anak bulan Maori: pewa Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭯𐭩𐭲𐭠𐭪‎ (apaydāg~abaydāg) Nahuatl: yancuic metztli Navajo: ooljééʼ chahałheeł nádzáá Norwegian: Bokmål: nymåne m Nynorsk: nymåne m Persian: ماه نو‎ (fa) (mâh-e now), نوماه‎ (nowmâh) Polish: nów (pl) m Portuguese: lua nova (pt) f Romanian: lună nouă (ro) f Russian: новолу́ние (ru) n (novolúnije), но́вая луна́ f (nóvaja luná) Slovak: nov m Slovene: mlada luna f Spanish: luna nueva (es) f, novilunio m Swedish: nymåne (sv) c, nymånad c Tagalog: patay na buwan, bagong buwan Turkish: yeniay, yeni ay (tr), hilal (tr), ayça (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ) Ukrainian: моло́дик m (molódyk), нів m (niv), нови́й мі́сяць m (novýj mísjacʹ) Vietnamese: trăng non (vi) Walloon: tinre lune (wa) f, djonne lune (wa) f, novele lune (wa) f Western Apache: sáánts’ǫ́sé Yámana: kūtīa

the moon when in conjunction with sun

Danish: nymåne (da) c Finnish: uusikuu (fi) German: Neumond (de) m Irish: gealach úr f, nuaré f Italian: congiunzione (it) f Latin: novilunium n Maori: kōhiti, kōwhiti Russian: но́вая луна́ f (nóvaja luná) Swedish: nymåne (sv) c Turkish: hilal (tr), ayça (tr) Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎄𐎘 (ḥdṯ)

phase of moon when it is waxing

Finnish: kasvava puolikuu German: Neumond (de) m Hebrew: מֹולָד הַלְּבָנָה‎ (molád halvaná) Italian: novilunio (it) m Swedish: nymåne (sv) c Turkish: yeniay, yeni ay (tr), hilal (tr), ayça (tr)

the moon when it is waxing

Finnish: kasvava puolikuu German: Neumond (de) m Swedish: nymåne (sv) c Turkish: hilal (tr), ayça (tr)

the day when the new moon is first seen

German: Neumondtag m Gujarati: અમાસ (amās) Hebrew: ראשׁ חֹדֶשׁ‎ (he) m (rosh ẖódesh)

See also

• lunar phase

Further reading

• new moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia