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English
Etymology
From moon + -less.
Adjective
moonless (not comparable)
- (of a night) 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 R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros, London: Jonathan Cape, 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: […]
- (informal, of a planet) Having no natural satellite.
Translations
during which the Moon is not visible
having no natural satellite