: the moon with its whole apparent disk illuminated
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Holi falls on the last full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Phalgun, which usually lands in March and occasionally in late February.—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026 Held annually in August around the full moon, this festival opens the Acropolis, the Roman Agora and more than 100 archaeological sites, monuments and museums nationwide for theatrical performances, poetry readings and concerts that run through the night.—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026 Finally, once the full moon in Capricorn arrives to close out the month, a friendship, long-term goal or group dynamic becomes crystal clear.—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026 The final image was taken by Robert Nemeti, revealing the glow of the full moon shining out from behind a dense band of cloud to illuminate the metallic skeleton of a communication tower in Kechnec, Slovakia.—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for full moon
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of full moon was
before the 12th century