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

Millions of people across Asia and the world are welcoming the Lunar New Year which coincides with the first new moon of the lunar calendar.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

To find out, the group systematically observed the worms' daily activities when there was a new moon.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2024

Another way, Ricci said, is to directly sight the crescent moon that emerges after the second new moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024

Instead he feigned great interest in the . clouds and he cried, “That cloud which hangs upon the left horn of the new moon speaks of rain. It will come not later than tomorrow night.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck