CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

According to Inuyasha, the New Moon cannot be seen. I have also heard that the night of the New Moon is the darkest night. So, is the New Moon visible?

well, you can see a slight ring around the moon if u look closely. and its visible if ur on it.

No, but not because it is invisible. Like starlight during the day, the Sun blocks out whatever dim outline the New Moon might have. During rare occasion, the Moon will interpose itself between the Earth and Sun, resulting in one of three types of solar eclipses (partial, total, annular), in which case the New Moon becomes "visible" in a sense because it is now blocking sunlight. Otherwise, however, you are unable to see the New Moon because of the Sun's light. The "lit" side of the moon, of course, is totally facing away from Earth.

Only a few times in history has starlight been visible during the day -- this includes the supernova that appeared in the constellations Cancer (now the Crab Nebula) and Cassiopeia ("Tycho's Star"). Even the brightest object (next to the Sun and the Moon), Venus, is only visible in morning or evening after the Sun has dipped well towards the horizon. So, it is not surprising we should not be able to see the Moon with zero reflected sunlight (and only dim reflected light from Earth, known as 'earthshine').

Does that answer the question, or is there a mystical component involved?

Thanks! *laughs* No, nothing mystical, I was just curious.