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Recent Examples of moonless
From total solar and lunar eclipses and brilliant planetary conjunctions to iconic meteor showers peaking under moonless night skies and a festive supermoon, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
On a moonless night, radiant stars blink in startling proximity to Chile’s Elqui Valley.
—Emma Fritz, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
And sometimes, on moonless nights when the sky is especially dark and the air is crystal clear — as is often the case on a cold winter night — the Milky Way can be admired in all its glory.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
On a moonless night in January, a gargantuan turtle was digging a nest high up on a soft sand beach at Galathea Bay on the Great Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Overhead, the late-summer sky was moonless and staggeringly clear.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The 84%-lit waning gibbous moon, which lessened the Perseids’ impact on Monday night, will have reduced in brightness by the weekend and will rise around midnight, creating a window of moonless darkness beforehand.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’s no bad time to see the stars, but for a real spectacle, show up on a moonless night in July or August when the Perseid meteor shower is at its most active.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
His favorite part is when the sky glows with countless stars on a moonless night, and the towering sandstone formations cast mysterious silhouettes.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2026
On a moonless night, radiant stars blink in startling proximity to Chile’s Elqui Valley.
—Emma Fritz, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
And sometimes, on moonless nights when the sky is especially dark and the air is crystal clear — as is often the case on a cold winter night — the Milky Way can be admired in all its glory.
—John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
On a moonless night in January, a gargantuan turtle was digging a nest high up on a soft sand beach at Galathea Bay on the Great Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Overhead, the late-summer sky was moonless and staggeringly clear.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The 84%-lit waning gibbous moon, which lessened the Perseids’ impact on Monday night, will have reduced in brightness by the weekend and will rise around midnight, creating a window of moonless darkness beforehand.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
There’s no bad time to see the stars, but for a real spectacle, show up on a moonless night in July or August when the Perseid meteor shower is at its most active.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
His favorite part is when the sky glows with countless stars on a moonless night, and the towering sandstone formations cast mysterious silhouettes.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moonless
Adjective
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Based on their understanding of dark matter’s behavior and the hierarchical process of galaxy formation, astronomers have long predicted that such starless objects should exist throughout the cosmos.—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
5 Jan. 2026
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Now, astronomers have for the first time confirmed the existence of one of these starless worlds by pinpointing its distance and mass — a rogue planet roughly the size of Saturn nearly 10,000 light-years from Earth.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
28 Jan. 2023
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Zegler is the true find, a marvelous singer and a radiant persona, and Spielberg and Kaminski film her like a bright flare in a twilit ocean; her sheer presence papers over some of the more facile aspects of Maria’s characterization.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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When the summer heat creeps to unbearable temperatures, pre-dawn and post-dusk become the most appealing times to run.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
1 Aug. 2022
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Mylar space blankets draped across their shoulders glistened a surreal golden hue as the vessel’s blinding strobe lights illuminated the post-dusk spectacle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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Smith, who at 36 has reached the crepuscular stage of his career, was emotional following the game.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
31 Dec. 2025
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And his use of color — bold reds, crepuscular blues, hopeful yellows — is impossible to forget.—
Ernesto Lechner,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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“Moonless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moonless. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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