full moon
nounEtymology From Middle English ful mone, from Old English full mōna, equivalent to full + moon.
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The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.
- It is true also that the roosters, especially during full moon, crow all night.1923 May, Lawrence Shaw Mayo, “The Shenando’ Valley”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2022:
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The moon when it is in opposition to the sun.
- Related terms
- lunar phase, lycanthropy, plenilunar, plenilunary, 🌕