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full moon

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See also: full Moon and fullmoon

English

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Full moon, taken by the Galileo spacecraft

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Etymology

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From Middle English ful mone, from Old English full mōna, equivalent to full +‎ moon.

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Noun

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full moon (countable and uncountable, plural full moons)

  1. The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.
    Antonym: new moon
    Hyponym: strawberry moon
    • 1923 May, Lawrence Shaw Mayo, “The Shenando’ Valley”, in The Atlantic Monthly[1], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2022:
      It is true also that the roosters, especially during full moon, crow all night.
  2. The moon when it is in opposition to the sun.
    Synonym: (poetic) plenilune
    Antonym: new moon

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