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full moon

noun

the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated, occurring when in opposition to the sun.
the phase of the moon at this time.

full moon

one of the four phases of the moon, occurring when the earth lies between the sun and the moon so that the moon is visible as a fully illuminated disc
the moon in this phase
the time at which this occurs

full moon

/ fl /

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.
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before 1000; Middle English ful moyne, Old English fulles monan

He was sometimes afraid to go out of the house on the full moon.

During a full moon, slaves are often required to labor until midnight.

One full-moon night, a friend and I dragged our hotel bedding to the great stone heads, the moai, some 24 feet tall.

She was preparing to leave, but then a full moon rose and she decided to stick around for a bit.

It was a cold night in Iowa with a full moon at the ABC News/Drake debate.

It was past sundown when they left San Bernardino, but a full moon made the night as good as day for their journey.

The spring-tides take place about the third or fourth day after new or full moon.

The sky was cloudless and the silver rays of a nearly full moon lit up the scene with an unearthly beauty.

If so, the fog was indeed yielding, and the full moon behind it would triumph before long.

The snow-covered Dent du Midi had a splendor like the face of the full moon when it is rising.

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