it has been used too often and no longer feels original
Only one. New moon is the phase where the sun is completely dark, and crescent is the phase where only a sliver (or crescent) is showing. The night after a new moon, part of the moon will be illuminated, and it will be a crescent.
It appears completely dark during the new moon phase.
The moon is not dark all the time. It is dark in a phase called a "new moon." But it only temporarily lasts.
A dark phase may be many things:a stage of coloration, as in an animal with a light phase at certain times and a dark phase at other timesa stage of photosynthesis which does not require lighta stage in the lunar cycle when the face of the moon appears darka microscopic method which allows viewing of unstained specimensthe stage in a small business where the entrepreneurs begin to question everything, including themselves.
The phase of the moon that appears completely dark when observed from Earth is the new moon. When it is completely bright, it is the full moon.
"It is stormy outside, with dark clouds and heavy rain."
Another phrase for "born" is "came into this world" or "arrived."
Making Dark and Stormy Night - 2009 was released on: USA: August 2009
Yes, "It rained all night." is a complete sentence.
Goodrich Dirt in the Dark and Stormy Night - 1918 was released on: USA: 5 August 1918
Pyros - 2012 It Was a Dark and Stormy Night 1-4 was released on: USA: 2012
Dark and stormy night
The cast of Making Dark and Stormy Night - 2009 includes: Larry Blamire as himself Anthony Tremblay as himself
Fraggle Rock - 1983 A Dark and Stormy Night 3-21 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G
The Van Dyke Show - 1988 A Dark and Stormy Night 1-8 was released on: USA: 1988
The John Larroquette Show - 1993 A Dark and Stormy Night - 1.24 was released on: USA: 12 April 1994
It was a dark and stormy night.