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I've read this article several times and still don't understand what it's trying to say. Understandably, there are numerous definitions of dark and new moons, possibly because of confusion. It would be good, IMO, if the phases of the moon (some days before and after the astronomical new moon) were diagrammed along with labels describing the exact points or vague areas referred to as astronomical, Babylonian, Hebrew, Indian, colloquial, and other dark and new moons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.116.66 ( talk) 15:18, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
Apparently, there are astrological influences of a Dark Moon, the details of which need to be entered here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.79.176.162 ( talk • contribs)
To my knowledge, the term "dark moon" is never encountered in astronomy, so is it appropriate to have it within the WikiProject Astronomy? The terms "lunar dark time" and "dark of the Moon" are used in astronomy to denote the period around 8 to 12 days long centred on new Moon when the Moon causes minimum disruption to observations of faint objects; but not "dark moon". — Preceding unsigned comment added by TowardsTheLight ( talk • contribs) 19:55, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
The first line says: "The term dark moon describes the last visible crescent of a waning Moon. The duration of a dark moon varies between 1.5 and 3.5 days, ...".
This is inconsistent: the last visible crescent of a waning moon would be visible for maybe a few minutes before sunrise (as is the first crescent after sunset), and certainly not for a period of up to 3.5 days.
There appear to have been 3 different meanings which get mixed up here, all of which appear to be poorly documented.
There are now some references to non-English traditions that name this last crescent: but it is not obvious that those could be translated as "Dark Moon".
So I propose to recognise that the term has had different meanings and list them in this article, preferably with references to actual use; and not re-write this article with a different meaning all the time.
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I've read this article several times and still don't understand what it's trying to say. Understandably, there are numerous definitions of dark and new moons, possibly because of confusion. It would be good, IMO, if the phases of the moon (some days before and after the astronomical new moon) were diagrammed along with labels describing the exact points or vague areas referred to as astronomical, Babylonian, Hebrew, Indian, colloquial, and other dark and new moons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.208.116.66 ( talk) 15:18, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
Apparently, there are astrological influences of a Dark Moon, the details of which need to be entered here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.79.176.162 ( talk • contribs)
To my knowledge, the term "dark moon" is never encountered in astronomy, so is it appropriate to have it within the WikiProject Astronomy? The terms "lunar dark time" and "dark of the Moon" are used in astronomy to denote the period around 8 to 12 days long centred on new Moon when the Moon causes minimum disruption to observations of faint objects; but not "dark moon". — Preceding unsigned comment added by TowardsTheLight ( talk • contribs) 19:55, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
The first line says: "The term dark moon describes the last visible crescent of a waning Moon. The duration of a dark moon varies between 1.5 and 3.5 days, ...".
This is inconsistent: the last visible crescent of a waning moon would be visible for maybe a few minutes before sunrise (as is the first crescent after sunset), and certainly not for a period of up to 3.5 days.
There appear to have been 3 different meanings which get mixed up here, all of which appear to be poorly documented.
There are now some references to non-English traditions that name this last crescent: but it is not obvious that those could be translated as "Dark Moon".
So I propose to recognise that the term has had different meanings and list them in this article, preferably with references to actual use; and not re-write this article with a different meaning all the time.