Different cultures have had a habit of naming the full moons, usually as something which is significant to their specific culture (such as ‘harvest moon’). Below are some of the variations of the moon names throughout the year:


January: Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Snow Moon, or Ice Moon

February: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, Storm Moon, or Chaste Moon

March: Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon, Sap Moon, Sugar Moon, Lenten Moon, or Chaste Moon

April: Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Fish Moon, Hare Moon, Egg Moon, or Paschal Moon

May: Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, or Milk Moon

June: Strawberry Moon, Hot Moon, Mead Moon, or Rose Moon

July: Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Wort Moon, or Hay Moon

August: Sturgeon Moon, Green Corn Moon, Barley Moon, Fruit Moon, or Grain Moon

September: Corn Moon, Full Corn Moon or Barley Moon

October: Hunters Moon, Dying Grass Moon, Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon (not to be confused with the ‘Blood Moon’ phenomenon)

November: Beaver Moon, Frosty Moon, Oak Moon, Mourning Moon (if the last full moon before the winter solstice)

December: Cold Moon or Wolf Moon