English
Etymology
From Middle English newe moone, newe mone, equivalent to new + moon.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- Synonym: neomenia
Translations
phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- Afrikaans: donkermaan, nuwemaan (af)
- Apache:
- Western Apache: sáánts’ǫ́sé
- Arabic: مُحَاق m (muḥāq), مَحَاق m (maḥāq), مِحَاق m (miḥāq)
- Belarusian: маладзі́к (maladzík)
- 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 Greek: νουμηνία f (noumēnía)
- Gujarati: અમાસ (amās)
- Hebrew: מוֹלָד m (molád)
- Hungarian: újhold (hu)
- Hunsrik: Neimond m
- Icelandic: ný n, nýtt tungl n
- Ingrian: uus kuu
- Irish: nuaré f
- Italian: luna nuova f, novilunio (it) m
- Japanese: 新月 (ja) (しんげつ, shingetsu), 朔 (ja) (さく, saku)
- Kankanaey: lened
- Karok: kusráhpiit
- Korean: 초승(初生)달 (choseungdal), 신월(新月) (sinwol), 현월(弦月) (hyeonwol)
- Lakota: witʼé, wítȟeča
- Latin: luna nova f, novilunium (la) n
- Lithuanian: jaunatis (lt) f
- Livonian: nūoŗkū
- Luxembourgish: Neimound m
- Malay: anak bulan (ms)
- Māori: pewa
- Nahuatl: yancuic metztli
- Navajo: ooljééʼ chahałheeł nádzáá
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: nymåne m
- Nynorsk: nymåne m
- Persian: ماه نو (fa) (mâh-e now), نوماه (nowmâh)
- Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭯𐭩𐭲𐭠𐭪 (apaydāg~abaydāg)
- Polish: nów (pl) m
- Portuguese: lua nova (pt) f
- Romanian: lună nouă (ro) f
- Russian: новолу́ние (ru) n (novolúnije), но́вая луна́ f (nóvaja luná)
- Sicilian: luna nova f, luna vacanti f, nuvilùniu m
- 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
- Yámana: kūtīa
- Yiddish: מולד m (moyled)
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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
See also
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