moonless

See also: Moonless

English

Etymology

From moon +‎ -less.

Adjective

moonless (not comparable)

1. (of a night) During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.

   Antonyms: moonlit, moonful

   Coordinate term: starless

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros‎^[1], London: Jonathan Cape, page 31:

     And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

2. (informal, of a planet) Having no natural satellite.

Translations

during which the Moon is not visible

• Finnish: kuuton
• Georgian: უმთვარო (umtvaro)
• German: mondlos (de)
• Greek: ασέληνος (el) (asélinos)

  Ancient: ἀσέληνος (asélēnos)

• Italian: illune (it)
• Latin: illūnis
• Polish: bezksiężycowy (pl)
• Russian: безлу́нный (ru) (bezlúnnyj)
• Swedish: månlös (sv)
• Ukrainian: безмі́сячний (uk) (bezmísjačnyj)

having no natural satellite