When you read about the moons of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn each moon has a name.  What about our moon?

   We usually just call it the Moon as if there is only one of each, like the Sun or the Earth, in existence.   We might call our moon Luna (its Latin name), but actually our moon, especially the full moon, has many names.

   The Native Americans had a name for each full moon of the year and others have added a few names also. 

   They are listed as follows according to the month in which they occur:

• January: Old Moon or Moon After Yule

• February:  Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, or Wolf Moon

• March: Sap Moon, Crow Moon or Lenten Moon

• April: Grass Moon or Egg Moon

• May:    Planting Moon, or Milk Moon

• June: Rose Moon, Flower Moon or Strawberry Moon

• July:  Thunder Moon, or Hay Moon

• August: Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon

• September: Fruit Moon, or Harvest Moon

• *October: Harvest Moon* or Hunter’s Moon

• November: Hunter’s Moon, Frosty Moon, or Beaver Moon

• December: Moon Before Yule, or Long Night Moon

 * The Harvests moon is the full moon that occurs nearest the Fall Equinox.