new moon

English

Etymology

From Middle English newe mone.

Noun

new moon (plural new moons)

1. The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.
2. The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.
3. The phase of the moon when it is waxing.
4. The moon when it is waxing.
5. The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.

Synonyms

• (phase of moon when it is waxing): waxing moon
• (the moon when it is waxing): waxing moon

Antonyms

• (phase of moon when in conjunction with sun): full moon
• (the moon when in conjunction with sun): full moon
• (phase of moon when it is waxing): old moon
• (the moon when it is waxing): old moon

Translations

phase of moon when in conjunction with sun

• 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
• 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)
• Irish: nuaré f
• Italian: luna nuova f, novilunio (it) m
• Japanese: 新月 (ja) (しんげつ, shingetsu), 朔 (ja) (さく, saku)
• Latin: luna prima f
• Lithuanian: jaunatis (lt) f
• 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 bulan, bagong bulan
• Turkish: yeniay, yeni ay (tr), hilal (tr), ayça (tr)
• Ukrainian: моло́дик m (molódyk), нів m (niv), нови́й мі́сяць m (novýj mísjacʹ)
• Walloon: tinre lune (wa) f, djonne lune (wa) f, novele lune (wa) f
• Western Apache: sáánts’ǫ́sé

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

• Maori: kōhiti, kōwhiti
• Russian: но́вая луна́ f (nóvaja luná)
• Swedish: nymåne (sv) c
• Turkish: hilal (tr), ayça (tr)

phase of moon when it is waxing

• Finnish: kasvava puolikuu
• German: Neumond (de) m
• 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