Full Moon Names

The native American names
for the Full Moons

January: Wolf Moon,
Old Moon
February: Snow Moon,
Hunger Moon
March: Worm Moon,
Sap Moon
April: Pink Moon,
Planter's Moon
May: Flower Moon,
Budding Moon
June: Strawberry,
Rose Moon
July: Buck Moon,
Thunder Moon
August: Sturgeon Moon,
Green Corn Moon
September: Harvest Moon (see below for explanation),
Corn Moon
October: Hunter's Moon,
Moon of Falling Leaves
November: Beaver Moon,
Frost Moon
December: Cold Moon,
Long Nights Moon

  • When one calendar month has two Full Moons, the second is often called a Blue Moon.

 

 

Harvest moon: The Full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox (about September 23). In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe.

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