new moon
Word forms: new moons
countable noun [usually singular]
A new moon is the moon when it first appears as a thin curved shape at the start of its four-week cycle. The new moon is also the time of the month when the moon appears in this way.
...the pale crescent of a new moon.
The new moon was the occasion of festivals of rejoicing in Egypt.
Image of new moon
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