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Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
The most common traditional full moon name for March is the Worm Moon. One might think of spring time and the robins looking for worms, but check the alternate names in the links below,
This year, the full Moon appears on Saturday, March 25th. In the eastern US, the moon will ...
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
This is the title page for the "Full Moon Names" collection. This series will contain a growing number of posts under the topics of ethnoastronomy, mythology, and history.
In-the-sky.org has a good introduction to Full Moon Names as well some brief history on lunar calendars and the almanacs that introduced traditional ...
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Saturday, February 24th, 2024
This year, the full Moon appears on Saturday, February 24. In the eastern US, the moon will rise at 7:30AM.
The most common traditional name for this month is the Snow Moon.
From the older Old Farmer's Almanac - February Full Moon. See the article to access a moonrise calculator. There are ...
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Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
This year, the full Moon appears on Thursday, January 25. In the eastern US, the moon will rise at 5:59PM.
The most common traditional name for this month is the Wolf Moon.
From the older Old Farmer's Almanac - January Full Moon. See the article to access a moonrise calculator. There are ...
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