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new moon

  1. the first phase of the moon when it is between the earth and the sun, with its dark side toward the earth: it is followed by the waxing crescent phase
  2. the time of the new moon

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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