no moon

idiom

used to say that the moon is not visible
There's no moon tonight.

Examples of no moon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At the Orionids’ peak, roughly 23 meteors may be visible per hour in dark conditions with no moon, according to NASA. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024 Under peak viewing conditions—a cloudless, dark sky with no moon and very little light pollution—some 90 meteors per hour may be visible, according to EarthSky’s Bruce McClure and Deborah Byrd. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024 Viewers may see 10 to 15 Lyrids per hour in a dark sky with no moon. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2024 But, don't forget to serve a refreshing RC Cola on the side—everyone knows that no moon pie is complete without a refreshing RC Cola to wash it down. Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2024 Under a dark sky with no moon, the shower can produce more than 100 meteors per hour—however, with the half-full moon this year, that rate may be closer to 25. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024 Under a dark sky with no moon, the Quadrantids can produce over 100 meteors per hour. Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023 Marketing software company Klaviyo has managed to trade at higher than its IPO price, although as Fortune’s Luisa Beltran pointed out in September, its debut was no moon shot. Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023 With a dark sky with no moon, up to 90 meteors per hour are possibly visible. Popular Science, 8 Aug. 2018

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“No moon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20moon. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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