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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English newe moone, newe mone, equivalent to new + moon.
new moon (plural new moons)
- The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
- Coordinate term: full moon
- The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.
- Coordinate term: full moon
- The phase of the moon when it is waxing.
- Synonym: waxing moon
- Coordinate term: old moon
- The moon when it is waxing.
- Synonym: waxing moon
- Coordinate term: old moon
- The day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.
Translations[edit]
phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- Afrikaans: donkermaan, nuwemaan (af)
- Arabic: مُحَاق m (muḥāq), مَحَاق m (maḥāq), مِحَاق m (miḥāq)
- 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
- Georgian: ახალი მთვარე (axali mtvare)
- 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 (la) 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
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the moon when in conjunction with sun
phase of moon when it is waxing
the moon when it is waxing
the day when the new moon is first seen
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