young moon

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English

Etymology

From Middle English yong mone.

Noun

young moon (plural young moons)

  1. The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.
  2. The moon when it is waxing.
    • Fred Schaaf (1983) Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars and Other Phenomena, page 70: “Thus you can know that it would be impossible to to see a young moon at sunset if new moon had occurred just a few hours earlier.”
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