moonless

See also: Moonless

English

Etymology

From moon +‎ -less.

Adjective

moonless (not comparable)

1. During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.

   Antonyms: moonlit, moonful

   Coordinate term: starless

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:

     And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]

2. (informal, of a planet) Having no natural satellite.

Derived terms

• moonlessly
• moonlessness

Translations

during which the Moon is not visible

Esperanto: senluna Finnish: kuuton Georgian: უმთვარო (umtvaro) German: mondlos (de) Greek: ασέληνος (el) (asélinos) Ancient: ἀσέληνος (asélēnos) Italian: illune (it) Latin: illūnis Polish: bezksiężycowy (pl) Russian: безлу́нный (ru) (bezlúnnyj) Swedish: månlös (sv) Ukrainian: безмі́сячний (uk) (bezmísjačnyj)

having no natural satellite

Esperanto: senluna Polish: bezksiężycowy (pl)