Full moon

In our full Moon calendar youll find the dates times and traditional names of the monthly full Moons for 2022 and beyond. Enter your postal code to get full Moon dates and times customized to your location.

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The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earths perspective though theres still some dark section when there isnt a lunar eclipse.

. The New Moon Phase occurs when the Moon is completely dark with zero-percent luminosity. Basically the Full Moon phase lasts only for a couple of moments the period when the sunlit part of the Moon is at 100. The full moon that will be visible on Oct.

A full moon is opposite the sun in its orbit around Earth. Plus learn about the traditional Native American names given to each months full Moon. The moon appears full to the eye for two to three nights.

This means that the lunar hemisphere facing Earth the near side is completely sunlit an. 31 is called the blue moon because its the second full moon of the same month -- following the harvest moon of Oct. In this phase the Moon is fully illuminated by the Sun.

However astronomers regard the. The Full Moon phase occurs when the Sun and the Moon are on different sides of the Earth. Its sunlit side is entirely visible from Earth.

On some parts of the planet the actual Full Moon occurs during the day. Read your guide to every full moon in 2022 from a transformative full moon in Scorpio to the total lunar eclipse in May so you can prepare for the drama sudden changes and romantic predictions. This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon when the ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon differ by 180.

These phases occur at very specific times and are measured by both the Moons luminosity and how far along the Moon is in its orbit around Earth. The four main Moon phases in order are the New Moon First Quarter Moon Full Moon and Last Quarter Moon.

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