Is there a moonless night?

Question

Is there such a thing as a moonless night - if so then where has the moon gone?

Answer 1

Thats called an eclipse. The moon goes directly in front of the sun. The sun reflects light off the moon if you didn't already know.

Answer 2

Yes. During the new moon or "dark moon", when the moon is closest to the sun, then you can't see it in the sky, you can only see a sliver near dawn or sunset. But most of the ngiht it is on the wrong side of the earth.

Answer 3

The moonless night occurs at least once a month.  It's called the New Moon.  The Moon then "waxes" until it reaches the Full Moon; wherein it "wanes" to the next New Moon (ie roughly every 28-days).