![]() Another name for this month’s Moon was the Full Hay Moon. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry! July - Full Buck Moon Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon, or the Milk Moon. In most areas, flowers are abundant everywhere during this time. Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn. This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. ![]() March - Full Worm MoonĪs the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult. Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. January - Full Wolf MoonĪmid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Here is Farmers Almanac’s list of the full Moon names. European settlers followed that custom and created some of their own names. There was some variation in the full Moon names, but in general, the same ones were consistent among regional tribes. ![]() Full Moon names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. Tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon. Full Moon names date back to the Native Americans of North America.
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