How to Use new moon in a Sentence

new moon

noun
  • This Sag new moon says go wide.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Read on to find out what this new moon has in store for you.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Let this new moon reflect that.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This new moon is special for you, so make a wish!
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • This new moon won’t be all deep thoughts and feelings, though.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Nights around the new moon are better than bright full-moon nights.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, National Geographic, 4 Aug. 2020
  • On Sunday, there will be a new moon.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The Pisces new moon rewrites your routines.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Among birds, whip-poor-will nestlings hatch from their eggs during the new moon.
    — National Geographic, 6 July 2017
  • In simple terms, a black moon is an extra new moon.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • This will be a monthly black moon, when there are two new moons in one month.
    — Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Plan your visit around a new moon, when there will be less light in the night sky.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The tides were stronger than usual as a result of the new moon.
    — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2021
  • Plan your visit around a new moon, when there will be less light in the night sky.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
  • Instead of two full moons in a month, a black moon refers to two new moons in a month.
    — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 2 July 2019
  • If a season has four new moons, the third is labeled a black moon.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The moon goes through phases, starting with a new moon, which is dark.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • The term black moon can also refer to a month in which there are no new moons.
    — Gina Park, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That causes a new moon to also align for a solar eclipse.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Today’s new moon in Leo asks you to trust the creative process.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 24 July 2025
  • There has been death, trips back to space, and even the discovery of a new moon to call home.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Our new moon calendar has the dates for the next new moon and those for the rest of the year.
    — Harry Bennett, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Pisces new moon asks for surrender.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • In a season with four new moons, the third new moon is a seasonal black moon.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In a season with four new moons, the third new moon is a seasonal black moon.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Today’s new moon falls in Taurus!
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • The Sagittarius new moon plants seeds.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Though likely the new moon of May 25 will bring a hint of what is to come.
    — Rebecca Gordon, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Dec. 2016
  • People come to star gaze, take new moon hikes, and see the Milky Way or stars.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Birds flew a little later in the morning because of the new moon.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2017

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