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.

   Antonym: full moon

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

   Antonym: full moon

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

   Synonym: waxing moon

   Antonym: old moon

4. The moon when it is waxing.

   Synonym: waxing moon

   Antonym: 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)
• 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
• 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 bulan, bagong bulan
• 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

• 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