0 the moon when it is shaped like a crescent, or a time when it is shaped like this: --
1 a phase (= regular change in shape) of the moon in which none of its surface can be seen from the earth --
The astronomical new moon times and dates are already computed exactly for thousands of years backward and forward.
To add to the secrecy, they waited for a night of a new moon.
Every new moon day, a large number of people purify themselves with a dip in the holy well.
They sing in eerie voices while wandering through towns on the night of the new moon.
New moon days are also considered to be special.
Her name means new moon, alluding to myth of the rabbit of the moon.
Free lunch will be served on new moon days, you get to see dense forest, waterfalls and undisturbed nature on the way.
Using the third method it should have a moon age of 26 days when in fact it records a new moon.