Because a new moon - is hidden by the shadow that the Earth casts.
the new moon
It is called a new moon.
The new Moon "phase" is when the Moon is (more or less) in front of the Sun. We cannot normally see the Moon in this phase. If the Moon is exactly in front of the Sun, the Moon covers the Sun and we see a solar eclipse.
The phase of the moon when we cannot see it at all is called the "New Moon." During this phase, the moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun, causing the side of the moon that is illuminated by the Sun to face away from Earth. As a result, the moon appears dark and is not visible from our planet.
You may not be able to see the moon some nights because it could be in its new moon phase, where the side of the moon illuminated by the sun is facing away from Earth. Cloud cover, pollution, or the moon's position below the horizon can also obstruct visibility.
the new moon
It is called a new moon.
Because There Is No Possible Way You Can See A New Moon
New Moon
New Moon, they call it.
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Technically speaking, when you cannot see the moon, it is a new moon. But my thinking is that if you can't see the moon, how can it be new? So my definition of a new moon is when you can see a smile in the sky because the moon is happy that it has just been born, but when you see a frown in the sky, the moon is sad because it is dying. Then you get the scientific "new moon."
The moon is always the moon - though we cannot see it in the phase known as "new moon" - but it's still there.
That's at the "new" moon, when the Moon is very close to the Sun.
The "new moon" by definition is the moon phase where it is completely in the earth's shadow, and we cannot see it at all. New moon is the exact opposite of "full moon".
Where I live, there is a distinct no-moon phase. Thus I cannot see any new moon within the old moon.
That is the new moon phase.