Over time, different cultures have given names to full moons across the lunar calendar. The number of Moon names differs slightly from tribe to tribe, but many assign either 12 or 13 full moons to the year. These names were then adopted by the Colonial Americans and have entered popular culture; below you can see a few alternatives alongside the most popular names for each month's full moon.
January's full moon is named after the howling of hungry wolves lamenting the scarcity of food in midwinter. Other names for this month's full moon include old moon and ice moon. Storm moon and hunger moon are other common names. Native Americans called this last full moon of winter the worm moon after the worm trails that would appear in the newly thawed ground. Other names include chaste moon, death moon, crust moon and sap moon, after the tapping of the maple trees.
Northern Native Americans call April's full moon the pink moon after a species of early blooming wildflower. In other cultures, this moon is called the sprouting grass moon, the egg moon, and the fish moon. Many cultures refer to May's full moon as the flower moon thanks to the abundant blooming that occurs as spring gets going properly. Other names include the hare moon, the corn planting moon, and the milk moon. In North America, the harvesting of strawberries in June gives that month's full moon its name.
Europeans have dubbed it the rose moon, while other cultures named it the hot moon for the beginning of the summer heat. Male deer, which shed their antlers every year, begin to regrow them in July, hence the Native American name for July's full moon.
Some refer to this moon as the thunder moon, due to the summer storms in this month. Other names include the hay moon, after the July hay harvest.
North American fishing tribes called August's full moon the sturgeon moon since the species appeared in number during this month. It's also been called the green corn moon, the grain moon, and the red moon for the reddish hue it often takes on in the summer haze. September's full corn moon is so called because this is when crops are gathered at the end of the summer season.
At this time, the Moon appears particularly bright and rises early, letting farmers continue harvesting into the night. This moon is also sometimes named the barley moon, and it is often the nearest full moon to the autumnal equinox, earning the title of 'harvest moon'. After the harvest moon comes the hunter's moon, in the preferred month to hunt summer-fattened deer and fox unable to hide in bare fields.
Like the harvest moon, the hunter's moon is also particularly bright and long in the sky, giving hunters the opportunity to stalk prey at night. Other names include the travel moon and the dying grass moon. There is disagreement over the origin of November's beaver moon name.
Some say it comes from Native Americans setting beaver traps during this month, while others say the name comes from the heavy activity of beavers building their winter dams.
Europeans have dubbed it the rose moon, while other cultures named it the hot moon for the beginning of summer heat. Male deer, which shed their antlers every year, begin to regrow them in July, hence the Native American name for July's full moon. Other names include thunder moon, for the month's many summer storms, and hay moon, after the July hay harvest. North American fishing tribes called August's full moon the sturgeon moon, since the species was traditionally abundant during this month.
It's also been called the green corn moon, the grain moon, and the red moon for the reddish hue it often takes on in the summer haze. The most familiar named moon, September's harvest moon refers to the time of year after the northern autumn equinox when crops are gathered. Other names include the corn moon and the barley moon. The first moon after the harvest moon is the hunter's moon, so named as the preferred month to hunt summer-fattened deer and fox unable to hide in now bare fields.
The hunter's moon is also particularly bright and long-lasting in the sky, giving hunters the opportunity to stalk prey at night. Other names include the travel moon and the dying grass moon. There is disagreement over the origin of November's beaver moon name. Some say it comes from Native Americans setting beaver traps during this month, while others say the name comes from the heavy activity of beavers building their winter dams.
Another name is the frost moon. The coming of winter earned December's full moon the name cold moon. Other names include the long night moon and the oak moon. Blue moons are not actually blue, and despite the common turn of phrase, they are not especially rare. The moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle, and its distance to our planet changes over the course of an orbital cycle.
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