Full Moon
The Moon is near opposition to the Sun, with its Earth-facing hemisphere largely illuminated.
Astronomy
The Moon is near opposition to the Sun, with its Earth-facing hemisphere largely illuminated. Phase boundaries in an eight-part model are conventions applied to a continuous change in lunar illumination.
Modern symbolic interpretation
Often treated symbolically as culmination, visibility, heightened awareness, or a point of release.
This is an interpretive convention rather than a measured physical influence on human events.