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Young moon

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The phase of the moon when it is waxing, especially before quarter moon.
  2. 2
    The moon when it is waxing.

    "Fred Schaaf (1983), Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars and Other Phenomena, page 70: “Thus you can know that it would be impossible to see a young moon at sunset if new moon had occurred just a few hours earlier.”"

Etymology

From Middle English yong mone.

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