new moon
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With the event coinciding with a new moon for the first time since 2018, you just need to find a dark spot away from city lights and enjoy the display.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Eid al-Fitr, which means "the festival of the breaking of the fast", begins when a new moon is sighted in the evening sky.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
To find out, the group systematically observed the worms' daily activities when there was a new moon.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
Ramadan lasts one lunar cycle, measured from new moon to new moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
There was a dim new moon, which he hadn’t seen while he was in the woods, and Jethro watched it dully as home came closer, step by step.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
