new moon

nouvelle lune

Phase où la Lune est entre la Terre et le Soleil, sa face éclairée tournée à l’opposé de nous.

En anglais simple : The stage when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun and its bright side faces away from us.

• The next new moon is on Friday.
• A solar eclipse can happen only at new moon.
• The calendar marks each new moon with a dark circle.

Contraires : full moon

Expressions courantes : at new moon, new moon phase, the next new moon, the new moon

jour de la nouvelle lune

Jour où le premier fin croissant de lune apparaît ou devrait apparaître.

En anglais simple : The day when the Moon’s first thin curve is seen or expected to appear.

• The feast falls on the new moon.
• They celebrated the new moon when the first crescent appeared.
• The new moon marked the beginning of their month.

Synonymes : neomenia

Expressions courantes : on the new moon, celebrate the new moon

phase croissante

Période après la phase sombre où la partie éclairée visible de la Lune grandit.

En anglais simple : The stage when the Moon’s visible bright part grows larger after its dark phase.

• The old almanac calls the growing phase the new moon.
• During new moon, the bright part grows larger each evening.
• In this tradition, new moon lasts while the Moon is growing.

Synonymes : waxing phase

Contraires : waning phase

Expressions courantes : new moon phase, during new moon, the new moon, bright new moon