On January 25th we will move into the Wolf Moon lunar phase for the year. While almost everyone has heard of the Harvest Moon we seldom hear about the Snow moons of February or the Strawberry moons of June. Actually there are many names given to the moon phases but the Farmers Almanac, (you might want to bookmark it) lists the more traditional names for American seasonal moons. I found some other moon names too. Since the full moon dates shift around over the years it can get a little tricky assigning a name so there is some overlap and sometimes an extra moon is thrown in to the year.
The moon was instrumental in planning for early man and naming them was a way to describe or plan for the time of the year. It’s too bad that we have lost touch with these colorful and descriptive lunar assignments.
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