Understand the moon phases and you can wager a pretty good guess for when the next full moon is just by looking up.

The sun, Earth and the moon are aligned ... we have a lunar eclipse as Earth's shadow crosses the moon's face. Waning gibbous: More than half of the moon's face appears to be getting sunlight ...

We can see the Moon because it reflects light from the Sun ... waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent. This cycle repeats once every 29.5 days. Earth's only natural satellite ...

About half of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun to viewers on Earth. It's best to view a ... the Moon appears between 90 and 60% full during the waning gibbous phase. As the Moon continues ...