| Blue Moon |
A "Blue Moon" was originally defined as the 3rd Full Moon in an season where 4 Full Moons occur. This is the "Maine Rule" as it was used by the Maine Farmers' Almanac. Due to a misinterpretation in a 1946 article in Sky & Telescope of on a 1943 Sky & Telescope article, a definition emerged of a "Blue Moon" being the second Full Moon in a calendar month. This simpler and popular rule is known as the "Sky & Telescope Rule." The Maine Rule uses the circular orbit of a fictitious mean Earth to define the seasons. |
| Wolf Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in January. Specifically the first Full Moon after Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Moon after Yule" or the "Old Moon." |
| Moon After Yule |
The name of the Full Moon usually in January. Specifically the first Full Moon after Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Wolf Moon" or "Old Moon." |
| Old Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in January. Specifically the first Full Moon after Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Wolf Moon" or the "Moon After Yule." |
| Snow Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in February. Specifically the second Full Moon after Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Hunger Moon." |
| Hunger Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in February. Specifically the second Full Moon after Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Snow Moon." |
| Worm Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in March. Specifically the Full Moon before Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes known as the "Lenten Moon," "Sap Moon" or the "Crow Moon." |
| Crow Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in March. Specifically the Full Moon before Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes known as the "Worm Moon," "Sap Moon" or the "Lenten Moon." |
| Lenten Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in March. Specifically the Full Moon before Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes known as the "Worm Moon," "Sap Moon" or the "Crow Moon." |
| Sap Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in March. Specifically the Full Moon before Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes known as the "Worm Moon," "Lenten Moon" or the "Crow Moon." |
| Grass Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in April. Specifically the first Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Pink Moon," "Egg Moon," the "Easter Moon" or the "Pascal Moon." |
| Pink Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in April. Specifically the first Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Pascal Moon," "Egg Moon," the "Easter Moon" or the "Grass Moon." |
| Pascal Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in April. Specifically the first Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Egg Moon," the "Easter Moon" or the "Grass Moon." |
| Egg Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in April. Specifically the first Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Pink Moon," "Pascal Moon," the "Easter Moon" or the "Grass Moon." |
| Easter Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in April. Specifically the first Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Pink Moon," "Egg Moon," the "Pascal Moon" or the "Grass Moon." |
| Flower Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in May. Specifically the second Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Milk Moon" or the "Corn Planting Moon." |
| Corn Planting Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in May. Specifically the second Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Flower Moon" or the "Milk Moon." |
| Milk Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in May. Specifically the second Full Moon after Ecclesiastical Vernal Equinox (March 21). Sometimes called the "Flower Moon" or "Corn Planting Moon." |
| Strawberry Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in June. Specifically the last Full Moon before the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes called the "Rose Moon." |
| Rose Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in June. Specifically the last Full Moon before the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes called the "Strawberry Moon." |
| Honey Moon |
The name for the Full Moon closest to the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Usually in June. |
| Buck Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in July. Specifically the first Full Moon after the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Thunder Moon" or the "Hay Moon." |
| Thunder Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in July. Specifically the first Full Moon after the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Buck Moon" or the "Hay Moon." |
| Hay Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in July. Specifically the first Full Moon after the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Buck Moon" or the "Thunder Moon." |
| Sturgeon Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in August. Specifically the second Full Moon after the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Grain Moon" or the "Green Corn Moon." |
| Grain Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in August. Specifically the second Full Moon after the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Sturgeon Moon" or the "Green Corn Moon." |
| Green Corn Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in August. Specifically the second Full Moon after the Summer Solstice (June 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Sturgeon Moon" or the "Grain Moon." |
| Corn Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in September, if the September Full Moon is not the Harvest Moon. Specifically the first Full Moon before the Autumnal Equinox (September 23 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometime known as the "Fruit Moon" or "Barley Moon." |
| Barley Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in September, if the September Full Moon is not the Harvest Moon. Specifically the first Full Moon before the Autumnal Equinox (September 23 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometime known as the "Fruit Moon" or "Barley Moon." |
| Fruit Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in September, if the September Full Moon is not the Harvest Moon. Specifically the first Full Moon before the Autumnal Equinox (September 23 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometime known as the "Corn Moon" or "Barley Moon." |
| Harvest Moon |
The name of the Full Moon closest to the Autumnal Equinox (September 23 by "The Maine Rule"). |
| Hunters Moon |
The name of the Full Moon after the Harvest Moon. |
| Beaver Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in November, if the November Full Moon is not the Hunters Moon. Specifically the second Full Moon before the Autumnal Equinox (September 23 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Frosty Moon." |
| Frosty Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in November, if the November Full Moon is not the Hunters Moon. Specifically the second Full Moon before the Autumnal Equinox (September 23 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes known as the "Beaver Moon." |
| Cold Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in December Specifically the first Full Moon before Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes called the "Long Night Moon" or the "Moon before Yule." |
| Long Night Moon |
The name of the Full Moon usually in December Specifically the first Full Moon before Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes called the "Cold Moon" or the "Moon before Yule." |
| Moon Before Yule |
The name of the Full Moon usually in December Specifically the first Full Moon before Yule (December 22 by "The Maine Rule"). Sometimes called the "Cold Moon" of the "Long Night Moon." |
