In ground-based images, the patch of sky (just one-tenth the diameter of the full Moon) is largely empty.

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Probably the greatest danger to tourists on Koh Phangan is posed by the vast amounts of alcohol and other stimulants during the monthly full-moon parties on Haad Rin, which have become one of the biggest attractions on the so-called 'backpacker trail' through South East Asia.

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Outside Windhoek, Namibia--just after sunset, the full moon rises through a half-dozen bands of purple and magenta.

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The internet is chock-full of treatments promising the sun, moon and stars for all sorts of medical problems.

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Stars popped out of the evening sky, then an almost-full moon rose above the trees and lit up the ledge.

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Devotees take approximately 48 days to prepare for the festival, which takes place mid-January to mid-February, when the moon is full in the 10th Tamil month of the Thai calendar.

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The Waxing Gibbous Moon - the lunar phase between first quarter Moon and a full Moon - will be approximately one degree south of Jupiter appearing to be only a pen width apart.

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