moonless night
Sky without glow
A moonless night is a night when the moon isn't visible—either during a new moon phase or when clouds obscure it completely.
The phrase emphasizes darkness and is common in literature to create atmosphere: On a moonless night, the stars seemed brighter.
It often sets scenes of danger, secrecy, or isolation.
- darkAbsence of light
- darknessTotal absence of light
- pitch darkComplete absence of light
- pitch-blackCompletely without light
- starlightLuminance from distant suns
starless sky · shadows · blindness · inky · velvet · nocturnal · cloudy · overcast · witching hour · obscurity · gloom · stillness · hushed · crickets · owls · stumbling · lantern · flashlight
- Darknessblackness, pitch black, pitch-black, inkiness, murk
- nighttime thingsdarkness, starlight, dusk, twilight, shadows
- dark placescave, cavern, basement, cellar, dungeon
- night skystars, constellations, shooting stars, constellation, meteor