Yes, for the most part. The moon is very near the sun, and in fact the moon obscures the sun if they are close enough to form an eclipse. The brightness of the sun overpowers any reflected light originating from the earth. However, "new moon" can also refer to the very first sliver of crescent formed after the astronomical moment of new moon. Sometimes this sliver is visible for a short time very soon after sunset.
They are each a linear or nearly linear alignment of sun moon and earth.
The New Moon is when the Moon is between the Earth and Sun, so that its lit side is away from view, and its dark side is facing the Earth.
Third quarter moon is when the moon is halfway between full and new, while on the way to new. If you stand with your back to the sun, actually where the sun would be because its probably below the horizon, a third quarter moon will be about 90 degrees to your left, and the left face will be illuminated.
An elleptical moon is when the moon is in shadow during a lunar ecclipse, this causes a masive shadow on one point on the earth though it is very small compared to the earth, before the moon covers the sun, there is a part of the sun still vissible and it looks like the moon just before the new moon, the sun is very bright then and it is therefore called the diamond ring effect.
It varies - the moon orbits the Earth so the distance will change depending on Earth's distance from the sun as well as the moon's distance from the Earth. The minimum distance from the moon to the sun is when the Earth is closest to the sun and the moon is in new moon phase (meaning its closer to the sun than the Earth). The distance from the moon to the sun is: Earth's distance at perihelion - moon's distance from Earth at apogee. This works out to 146,692,370 km. The maximum distance from the moon to the sun is when the Earth is farthest from the sun and the moon is in full moon phase. The distance from the moon to the sun is Earth's distance at aphelion + moon's distance from Earth at apogee. This works out to 150,503,400 km.
Discounting a cloudy sky, the Moon is invisible at NEW MOON. New Moon is when it is in a direct planar line between the Earth and the Sun. We only see a New Moon when there is a total Solar Eclipse, which when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun. At other New Moon's it is slightly higher/lower in the sky than the direct line, but the Sun's brilliance blots it out of sight.
A New Moon means "The Moon either when in conjunction with the sun or soon after. being either Invisible or Visible only as a Slender Crescent."
The "new" moon is very close to the Sun in the sky. Of course, the extreme case of a COMPLETELY "new moon" is a solar eclipse, which is VERY visible.
Because of the sun light reflecting off of it. Update: Normally new moons are invisible since the moon is between the Earth and Sun. However during the rare solar eclipses the new moon will be visible as a silhouette.
Yes, every month. When the Moon is almost between the Earth and the Sun, the Moon is "invisible" or "new", meaning that you can hardly see it because of the Sun's glare. (When the Moon is EXACTLY between the Earth and the Sun, we get a solar eclipse.) In 29.5 days, it will be right back there again.
The new moon is invisible because the moon is a sphere. When it is new, it must be between earth and the sun, so the illuminated hemisphere must be on the far side of the moon. Because the new moon is near the sun in the sky, it is lost in the sun's glare during the day, and because of earth's rotation, is below the horizon at night. sun----(lit half of moon)(dark half of moon)------(day side of earth)(night side of earth)
Each New Moon signifies the beginning of a new lunar cycle. A New Moon is a conjunction (or alignment) of the Sun and Moon; when the Moon is "new" it is invisible because it is near the Sun. After the alignment occurs, the Moon begins traveling around the Earth once again, making several other geometric relationships, called aspects, to the Sun. A half Moon is when the Moon is at a 90 degree angle (called a square) from the Sun; a Full Moon is when the Sun and Moon are in opposition to one another, signifying the peak of the cycle. New Moon to New Moon simply means a full lunar cycle which is aproximately 29 days--from one New Moon to the next.
Because the moon is between the sun and the earth. During a new moon, you see the shadow of the moon, usually against a daytime sky, which makes the moon virtually invisible without a telescope.
the moon is between the earth and the sun
The phases of the moon depend on where it is in Earth's orbit. When it's between Earth and the Sun, it's an invisible "new moon". About two weeks later when the moon has moved around Earth so now Earth is between it and the Sun, it's a full moon.
The Moon is at side of Sun at new moon. @ o O @- The Sun o- The Moon O- The Earth
At the "new" moon, the moon is between the Earth and the Sun. When it is on a direct line between the Earth and Sun, that new moon becomes a solar eclipse.