Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/19
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The US Naval Observatory says that the moon will be full in Palo Alto,
California (where I live) on 22 December 1999 at 9:32 a.m. PST.
However, it also says:
Moonrise 4:22 p.m. on preceding day
Moon transit 11:42 p.m. on preceding day
Moonset 7:06 a.m.
Moonrise 5:20 p.m.
This means that when the moon sets at 7:06 a.m. it will be 2 1/2 hours
shy of full, and when it rises that afternoon at 5:20 pm it will have
been full (and thus started waning) for 8 hours.
The closest to a full moon that I'll be able to see here in California
will be early in the morning of 21/22 December, though it will look
awfully full the night of 22/23 December.
If you want to get this data for your city, look here:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html