Full Moon Names - March
March 12th, 2025 | by sbieger |The most common traditional full moon name for March is the Worm Moon. This year we also get a “Blood” Moon as a bonus, a full lunar eclipse visible from all of North America!
This year, the full Moon appears EARLY on Friday, March 14th. In the eastern US, the moon will rise at 8:19 PM EDT however the lunar eclipse begins around 11:57 PM EDT.
One might think of spring time and the robins looking for worms, but check the alternate names in the links below.
From the older Old Farmer’s Almanac - March Full Moon. See the article to access a moon rise calculator. There are also alternative names from early American history various native cultures.
From the newer Farmer’s Almanac - March Full Moon. There is a deeper explanation of the history of the worm moon in North America and some additional alternate names.
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