Full moon

In this phase the Moon is fully illuminated by the Sun. A full moon is opposite the sun in its orbit around Earth.

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The four main Moon phases in order are the New Moon First Quarter Moon Full Moon and Last Quarter Moon.

. The moon appears full to the eye for two to three nights. The Full Moon phase occurs when the Sun and the Moon are on different sides of the Earth. However astronomers regard the.

The New Moon Phase occurs when the Moon is completely dark with zero-percent luminosity. 31 is called the blue moon because its the second full moon of the same month -- following the harvest moon of Oct. Basically the Full Moon phase lasts only for a couple of moments the period when the sunlit part of the Moon is at 100.

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. On some parts of the planet the actual Full Moon occurs during the day. The full moon that will be visible on Oct.

Its sunlit side is entirely visible from Earth.

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