new moon

English

Noun

Wikipedia

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

• Bulgarian: новолу́ние n (novolúnie)
• 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
• Italian: luna nuova f
• 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
• Navajo: ooljééʼ chahałheeł nadza

• Persian: ماه نو (mâh-e nou)
• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

See also

• lunar phase