Moon names by month: the 12 full Moon names
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Full Moon names, month by month
| Month | Popular name | Old English | Celtic revival | What it means | Next full Moon · Europe/London |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Wolf Moon | After Yule | Quiet Moon | A midwinter almanac name associated with wolves heard calling during long January nights. | |
| February | Snow Moon | Sol Moon | Moon of Ice | A seasonal name for the snowy conditions associated with February in northern climates. | |
| March | Worm Moon | Rethe Moon | Moon of Winds | A spring-thaw name linked in popular accounts with softened ground and the return of visible invertebrate activity. | |
| April | Pink Moon | Eostre Moon | Growing Moon | Named for pink spring wildflowers in eastern North America, not for a change in the Moon's colour. | |
| May | Flower Moon | Thrimilce Moon | Bright Moon | A broad spring name marking the abundance of flowers in May. | |
| June | Strawberry Moon | Fore Litha | Moon of Horses | A seasonal harvest name associated with the brief early-summer strawberry season in north-eastern North America. | |
| July | Buck Moon | After Litha | Moon of Claiming | A midsummer almanac name linked with the annual growth of new antlers on male deer. | |
| August | Sturgeon Moon | Weed Moon | Dispute Moon | A Great Lakes seasonal name associated with lake sturgeon during late summer. | |
| September | Harvest Moon or Corn Moon | Halig Moon | Singing Moon | The full Moon nearest the September equinox; it can fall in September or October. | |
| October | Hunter's Moon | Winterfylleth | Harvest Moon | The full Moon immediately after the Harvest Moon, so it can fall in October or November. | |
| November | Beaver Moon | Blood Moon | Darkest Depths Moon | A late-autumn name with two common explanations: beaver activity before winter, or the timing of beaver trapping. | |
| December | Cold Moon | Before Yule | Cold Moon | A plain seasonal name for the cold, long nights around the beginning of northern winter. |
Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon follow the equinox
The Harvest Moon is the full Moon nearest the September equinox, so it falls in September in some years and in October in others. The Hunter's Moon is the next full Moon after it. In a year when the Harvest Moon comes in October, September's full Moon is the Corn Moon. Harvest Moon dates and why it rises early.
Months have different names in different almanacs; the seasonal names refer to the northern hemisphere. NASA's Moon phase guide.