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moonless

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[moon-lis] / ˈmun lɪs /

adjective

  1. not lit by the moon; without the moon being visible, usually because it is in a new moon phase or because the sky is too overcast.

  2. (of a world or planet, such as Venus or Mercury) not orbited by a moon.


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Ask yourself why so many predatory animals can see perfectly on a moonless night.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026

On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne sits inside a makeshift, two-room house, exhausted after a gruelling shift picking and sorting roses.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

“We stand beneath a moonless night in the heart of this natural wonderland to feel into the infinite and feel awe that binds us together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023

“Horrible,” said the Mayan Queen’s captain, Richard Kirkby, who described the sea as “pitch black” on that nearly moonless night.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

“We can’t always plan for fog, but the darkest nights are moonless, right? And the next moonless night is two weeks from now. We can collect our first bit of observation data then.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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