1. Some seafarers have claim to have seen a "dazzling city of light" on moonless nights, for a few minutes.

2. The Andromeda Galaxy, also called M31, is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye on dark, moonless nights.

3. ‘The coffin was forced, the Cerements torn, and the melancholy relics, clad in sackcloth, after being rattled for hours on moonless byways, were at length exposed to uttermost indignities before a class of gaping boys.’

4. Flies and gnats swarm in millions and dance gracefully in the warm evening air , the lovely moths fly silently like angels among the sweet - scented blossoms and myriads of twinkling specks of fireflies and glow - worms add enchantment to our moonless nights .

5. Historical usually Cerements Waxed cloth for wrapping a corpse. ‘The coffin was forced, the Cerements torn, and the melancholy relics, clad in sackcloth, after being rattled for hours on moonless byways, were at length exposed to uttermost indignities before a class of gaping boys.’