The possuk in Eicha (1:15) says קרא עלי מועד לשבר בחורי. The Gemarah Taanis (29a) learns from this possuk that Rosh Chodesh is called a מועד. However, the poskim learn from this possuk that tisha b'av is called a moad. How can two things be derived from one possuk?
What is the moad of tisha b'av, it is anything but a happy day? The moad is not due to the current state of affairs but the potential for the future that exists within the day. The day that tisha b'av will be turned into a holiday is what gives it the name of a moad now. The same is with Rosh Chodesh. The moad of Rosh Chodesh is because of the future when the light of the moon will become equal to the light of the sun. Both moadim are the same yesod. As opposed to most moadim where we commemorate the past, these moadim are a reminder of what is to be in the future.
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