寝ね待まち月づき

noun

moon on the 19th night of the lunar month

Traditional Japanese name for the moon on the 19th day of the lunar calendar. The name literally means 'waiting-in-bed moon', as it rises later in the evening, so people wait for it while lying down. Compare 更待月 (moon on the 20th night).

See also: 更待月

• 旧きゅう暦れき19日にちの月つきを寝ね待まち月づきと呼よぶ。

  The moon on the 19th day of the lunar calendar is called nemachizuki.

• 寝ね待まち月づきは、更ふけ待まち月づきの前まえの夜よの月つきです。

  Nemachizuki is the moon of the night before fukemachizuki (the 20th-night moon).