full moon

noun

: the moon with its whole apparent disk illuminated

Examples of full moon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Four miles from the Eiffel Tower, a photographer captured the full moon’s path over a pink Paris skyline. — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 24 July 2026

The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids peak around Thursday-Friday, July 30-31, though the full moon will reduce visibility of fainter meteors considerably. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026

This full moon will also take place just nine days after the anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, when Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, per the Old Farmer's Almanac. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 July 2026

White Sands National Park, located less than an hour’s drive southwest of Ruidoso, stays open late each month on the night of the full moon so visitors can experience the radiance of the dunes under lunar glow. — Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for full moon

• attune
• baboon
• balloon
• bassoon
• buffoon
• cartoon
• cocoon
• festoon
• gaboon
• harpoon
• immune
• impugn

Kids Definition

full moon

noun

: the moon with its whole disk lighted