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Full Moon Names 2021 List 🌑🌘🌓🌗🌖🌕 Moon Name FAQs
ADducation’s full moon names includes the names off all the monthly full moon names in 2021 along with explanations of super moons, micromoons, blue moons etc.
- ADDucation’s list of full moon names was compiled by Joe Connor and last updated 12 Feb 2021
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🌓Moon Month | 🌕Full moon called | Reasons behind the full moon names | Alternative full moon names |
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January full moon | Wolf moon | So called because of the howling of hungry wolves by the Anglo-Saxons and native Americans. | Old moon, ice moon |
February full moon | Snow moon | The weather in the northern hemisphere has typically been snowy in February. | Hunger moon, storm moon |
March full moon | Worm moon | Because of the visible worm trails (earthworm casts) on freshly thawed ground reappear in March inviting the return of the robin. | Chaste moon, crust moon, death moon, sap moon (after Maple tree tapping) |
April full moon | Pink moon | Native Americans named this after an early blooming pink wild flower. | Sprouting grass moon, fish moon |
May full moon | Flower moon | After the blooming of flowers by many cultures. | Milk moon, corn planting moon, hare moon |
June full moon | Strawberry moon / Rose moon | Strawberry harvesting in north America, rose moon in Europe. | Hot moon |
July full moon | Buck moon | Native Americans noticed male deer shed and regrow their antlers during July. | Hay moon (after the harvest), thunder moon (after summer storms) |
August full moon | Sturgeon moon | So called by north American fisherman due to the abundance during August. | Grain moon, green corn moon, grain moon, red moon |
September full moon | Harvest moon | Bright moon which and rises early makes it easier for farmers to gather the crops into the evening. | Corn moon, barley moon |
October full moon | Hunters moon | Bright moon in sky for a long term, perfect for hunting the now empty fields. | Dying grass moon, travel moon |
November full moon | Beaver moon | Named after beaver dam-building activities or native Americans beaver trapping in November | frost moon |
December full moon | Cold moon | It’s winter and it’s cold in the northern hemisphere. | Long night moon, oak moon |
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