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new moon

–noun

1.	the moon either when in conjunction with the sun or soon after, being either invisible or visible only as a slender crescent.

2.	the phase of the moon at this time.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE

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new moon
n.

The phase of the moon occurring when it passes between the earth and the sun and is invisible or visible only as a narrow crescent at sunset.
The crescent moon.

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new moon
noun
the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent

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The phase of the Moon that occurs when it passes between Earth and the Sun, making it either invisible or visible only as a thin crescent at sunset. See more at moon. Compare full moon.

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