Other Names
In myth and folklore the full moon of each month is given a name. There are many variations.
The Farmers' Almanac version, and NASA version, are as follows:
- January – Wolf moon
- February – Ice moon
- March – Storm moon
- April – Pink moon
- May – Hare moon or Flower moon
- June – Strawberry moon
- July – Buck moon
- August – Sturgeon moon
- September – Harvest moon
- October – Hunter's moon
- November – Beaver moon
- December – Cold moon
The July full moon may also be known as the thunder moon, and the March one as the raccoon moon.
The third full moon in a season with four full moons is called a blue moon, as described in the Maine Farmers' Almanac. Until recently it was commonly misunderstood that the second full moon in a month was the blue moon. However, it was recently discovered by Sky & Telescope magazine and reported on NPR that the interpretation of a blue moon as the second full moon of the month was erroneously reported in an issue of Sky & Telescope dating back to 1946 and then perpetuated by other media.
Read more about this topic: Hunter's Moon
Famous quotes containing the word names:
“Far from being antecedent principles that animate the process, law, language, truth are but abstract names for its results.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Men have sometimes exchanged names with their friends, as if they would signify that in their friend each loved his own soul.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)