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

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There are eight phases of the Moon beginning with the new Moon, followed by waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full Moon, waning gibbous, third quarter and finally waning crescent.

The remaining phases – "waxing crescent," "waxing gibbous," "waning gibbous," and "waxing gibbous" – mark the timeframes between the primary phases (don't worry, we'll define these terms soon).