Definitions for full moon
full moon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. full moon, full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, fullnoun

   the time when the Moon is fully illuminated

   "the moon is at the full"

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1. full moonnoun

   The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun.

2. full moonnoun

   The moon when it is in opposition to the sun.

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1. Full moon

   The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective. This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon (when the ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180°). This means that the lunar hemisphere facing Earth—the near side—is completely sunlit and appears as an approximately circular disk. The full moon occurs roughly once a month. The time interval between a full moon and the next repetition of the same phase, a synodic month, averages about 29.53 days. Therefore, in those lunar calendars in which each month begins on the day of the new moon, the full moon falls on either the 14th or 15th day of the lunar month. Because a calendar month consists of a whole number of days, a month in a lunar calendar may be either 29 or 30 days long.

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1. full moon

   A full moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the moon is completely illuminated as seen from Earth. This happens when Earth is located directly between the Sun and the Moon, making the entire visible surface of the moon lit up. It appears as a circular disk in the sky.

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1. Full moon

   A full moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is completely illuminated as seen from the Earth. This occurs when the Moon is in opposition with the Sun. This means that the hemisphere of the Moon that is facing the Earth is almost fully illuminated by the Sun and appears round. Lunar eclipses can occur only at full moon, where the moon's orbit allows it to pass through the Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses do not occur every month because the moon usually passes above or below the Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses can occur only when the full moon occurs near the two nodes of the orbit, either the ascending or descending node. This causes eclipses to only occur about every 6 months, and often 2 weeks before or after a solar eclipse at new moon at the opposite node. The time interval between similar lunar phases—the synodic month—averages about 29.53 days. Therefore, in those lunar calendars in which each month begins on the new moon, the full moon falls on either the 14th or 15th of the lunar month. Because lunar months have a whole number of days, lunar months may be either 29 or 30 days long.

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1. full moon

   When her whole illuminated surface is turned towards us; she is then in opposition, or diametrically opposite, to the sun.

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1. full moon

   The full moon symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the full moon symbol and its characteristic.

2. full moon

   Read the full text of the Full Moon poem by Robert Graves on the Poetry.com website.

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1. • Phase Of The Moon

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of full moon in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of full moon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of full moon in a Sentence

1. Jackie Faherty:

   It is a closer full moon than what you’d be used to, but not one that you’d be paying particular attention to.

2. Walter Freeman:

   There is a little less than one total lunar eclipse per year on average, a lunar eclipse can only happen during a full moon, when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun. But the moon's orbit is tilted a little bit compared to the Earth's, so usually when the moon is full, the Earth's shadow passes a little bit above or a little bit below it. This is why we don't have a lunar eclipse every month.

3. Walter Freeman:

   Viewers will see a normal full moon at first starting at around 10:35 p.m. Eastern time, at that time, the Earth's shadow will begin to pass in front of the moon, blocking almost all of the sun's light from reaching it. Observers will see the moon appear to be progressively' swallowed up' starting from the lower left. This process will end at 11:40 p.m., when the Earth's shadow covers the whole of the moon's surface ; this is the beginning of' totality.' This will last until around 12:40 a.m., when the motion of the Earth's shadow will carry it past the moon, and the moon will gradually again be lit by the sun. At 1:45 a.m., the moon will be fully visible again.

4. Patrick Hartigan in a statement:

   On the evening of closest approach on Dec( ember) 21 they will look like a double planet, separated by only 1/5th the diameter of the full Moon, for most telescope viewers, each planet and several of their largest moons will be visible in the same field of view that evening.

5. Noah Petro:

   I’ve been telling people to go out at night on either Sunday or Monday night to see the supermoon, the difference in distance from one night to the next will be very subtle, so if it’s cloudy on Sunday, go out on Monday. Any time after sunset should be fine. The last time the full moon was this close to Earth was 1948, NASA says. BEHOLD, THE' PILLARS OF DESTRUCTION' The moon only appears full from Earth when our planet is between the sun and the moon. But since the moon’s orbit has an elliptical shape, sometimes it is closer to Earth than other times. Astronomers call the closest-to-the-Earth moment the perigee. What makes November 14 special is that the moon.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=full moon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Full_Moon
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=full moon
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=full moon