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full moon

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full moon
n.
1. The moon when it is visible as a fully illuminated disk.
2. The period of the month when such a moon occurs.

full moon
Noun
the phase of the moon when it is visible as a fully illuminated disc

full moon  (fl)
The phase of the Moon in which it is visible as a fully illuminated disk. This phase occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of Earth as the Sun and is not in Earth's shadow. See more at moon. Compare new moon.
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Noun1.full moonfull moon - the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is at the full"
month - a time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill"
phase of the moon - a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance
harvest moon - the full moon nearest the September equinox
Translations
full moon nluna llena, plenilunio
full moon full npleine lune
full moon full nVollmond m
full moon nluna piena


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His laugh was as hearty and frequent as ever, and his face as much like the full moon as it always had been.
  "Uncle of the Full Moon," was the reply, "deign to know that they
The full moon was about three hours above the eastern horizon; the entire countryside had the solemn stillness of a summer night; our footfalls and the ceaseless song of the katydids were the only sound aloof.
 
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