Question:
Is it a full moon every night?
Invisible
2020-11-02 00:39:32 UTC
It’s been three nights in a row that I’ve seen a full moon around 8pm .. I thought full moons are rarely seen 
22 answers:
lenpol7
2020-11-05 11:02:24 UTC
A Full Moon occurs once every 28/29 days. 

When you see it at 'full' for three nights, it is still waxing/waning but very close to full.

Astronomical tables will give the date and time (to the minute) , when it is full.



The Lunar cycle is once very 28/29 days. During this time it makes one orbit of the Earth. At New Moon, you will not see it, because the Sun's light blinds us from casual observation, except when there is a Solar Eclipse. 

At seven days you will see, in the evening, the First Quarter (Half a semicircle). 

At fourteen days you will see the Full Moon ( a Full lit circle). 

At twenty one days you will  see, in the morning, the Last Quarter ( The other Half of a Semi circle). 

At  twenty eight days, it is back to the New Moon. 



Because the Lunar Orbit is NOT co-planar with the Earth's orbit about the Sun, but angled slightly. Also the orbital track is an ellipse, not circular. You will see at the same point in the lunar cycle that the Moon is at different heights in the sky. 

It is because of this non-co-planality  that eclipses of the Sun and Moon are infrequent. 



The Moon and the Sun control the tides(at sea). At New and Full Moons we have Spring tides and at the First and Last Quarters are Neap Tides.



In very clear weather, when the Moon is crescent shaped  (New) you can often see the unlit part of the Moon. Country people will say ' The New Moon with the Old Moon in her arms). 



The word 'Month' comes from 'Moon/Moonth'. 

A woman's menstrual cycle of 28 days, is thought to be biologically driven by the Moon's cycle, as are many others things in nature. 
tham153
2020-11-03 14:46:00 UTC
Lunar phases repeat ever 29.53 days, so Full Moon lasts technically for only moments, defined as when the Moon is 180 degrees from the Sun.  (The Moon's average speed is 2097 feet per second in its orbit.)  But for the human eye it looks close to or really full for a day before and after truly being full.
?
2020-11-03 07:01:47 UTC
The full moon was on Saturday.  The day before and the day after look nearly the same as a full moon, but if you look carefully you'll see one side or the other is very slightly showing shadow.  Friday and Sunday the moon was near full, and Thursday and Monday it appears a little less full than that.
jeffdanielk
2020-11-03 02:51:48 UTC
There is a full moon once every 28 nights. But for a few nights before and after a full moon, it is almost full. In a week, you will see a half moon. In two weeks, you won't see the moon at all. 
quantumclaustrophobe
2020-11-02 17:25:07 UTC
The actual "Full Moon" is a moment in time;  but - the moon can be fully lit by the sun for nearly 3 days. 
Onyeka
2020-11-02 16:27:48 UTC
No in every 4 years
?
2020-11-02 08:19:42 UTC
only one full moon a month ..or to be precise one every 4 weeks..
nineteenthly
2020-11-02 07:35:43 UTC
I wouldn't say rarely.  Once a month is quite often.  In a sense she's only full for an instant, so you've probably seen one full and two gibbous either side.
daniel g
2020-11-02 05:58:35 UTC
Depends on perspective. the real full moon last only minutes as the moon crosses conjunction with the sun. that time varies with your time zone on earth as an observer.

Waxing before conjunction and waning after whether you see it or not.

Full moons happen every 28 days, maybe you are thinking eclipse that is not so regular.

Technically, you can see the whole full moon, just that the illumination changes.

An update:

This August we had a 'blue moon' . The second full moon for a month. Those happen about every 18 years so that makes them rare.
Pearl L
2020-11-02 01:49:03 UTC
they seem to happen at the end and beginning of the month
anonymous
2020-11-08 16:59:22 UTC
No, the full moon is not every night.

It appears full (or almost full) for about 3 nights (one before the official full moon, the night of the full moon, and the next night).

But every night the moon rises about an hour later than the night before and less of the side facing the Earth appears lit by sunlight.

Full moons are seen every 29 days.  That is not "rarely".
wereq
2020-11-04 23:48:12 UTC
If you are stationary, no. If you move around the Earth with the Moon on the opposite side of the Sun it will always be a full moon as long as you adjust for latitude and avoid an eclipse. 
anonymous
2020-11-04 11:36:34 UTC
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Adullah M
2020-11-04 07:17:53 UTC
There is only 15th day of the Lunar month per month. So what you have seen is on, 14th, 15th, 16th. nights , since its luminary started from +95 percent to 100 percent and then - 95 percent, respectively.
anonymous
2020-11-03 05:43:10 UTC
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busterwasmycat
2020-11-02 13:55:12 UTC
it is close to full on the day to either side of the true full.  You have to look at it carefully to see the difference, sometimes.  Also, the moon was in a different place in the sky at 8 PM each of those nights, so it really doesn't much matter what time you looked if you don't also tell us its location in the sky.



A careful observer will notice that there was a slight shadow on one side the first night, no shadow on the second, and a slight shadow on the other side the third night.
?
2020-11-02 10:00:24 UTC
English is a funny language.  The moon is always full. The moon remains the same size. Sometimes you can see the face of the moon even when the moon is not reflecting sunlight at us from its entire face (the side we see). aasq, gasa
anonymous
2020-11-02 06:33:29 UTC
Nope.  The Moon is never full.  Pieces of it keep breaking off 

so it is never full  AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO STOP IT!!!! 

 

WIND FARMS ARE CIRCULATING TOO MUCH WARM AIR! 

GLOBAL WARMING IS KILLING THE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!
?
2020-11-02 04:47:45 UTC
A Full Moon last only ONE Night.   You will notice that a Full Moon rises just as the Sun Sets.  The Next night the moon may look full but it is not and it rises about 50 mins later.

Also, the Day Before a Full Moon, the moon may look full but not quite.  It rises about 50 Minutes Before Sunset.
?
2020-11-02 01:50:50 UTC
Full Moons usually last for three days unless you are very observant.The Moon was full on October 31. 
anonymous
2020-11-02 01:44:11 UTC
full-moon happens every 4 weeks
?
2020-11-02 00:40:39 UTC
The first night it was slightly smaller than full,next night was full,tonight is slightly smaller than full again


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