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 ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched ... First Quarter, waxing gibbous, Full Moon, waning gibbous, Last Quarter, and waning crescent.

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 ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

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 ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...