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

The second full moon of the year − appropriately called the snow moon − will reach its peak Wednesday evening.

Waxing crescent: As the moon moves around Earth ... The sun's light is now shining on the other half of the visible face of the moon. Waning crescent: Less than half of the moon's face appears ...

This phase is called a waxing gibbous moon ... on the other half of the visible face of the moon. Next, the moon moves into the waning crescent phase as less than half of its face appears to ...