full moon day
Complete lunar illumination
Full moon day is the day when the moon appears as a complete disc, fully illuminated by the sun.
The term is especially common in Buddhist and Hindu contexts, where full moon days mark important religious observances and holidays: Vesak falls on the full moon day in May.
In some South Asian countries, full moon days are public holidays.
- lunarOf the moon
- lunar cycleMoon's orbital period
- harvestGathering mature crops
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- high tideMaximum sea level
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lunar phase
full moon daynew moon
Unlit lunar phase
moonless night · dark moon · dark night · crescent moon · waning crescent
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