Table of Full Moon Names




A few years ago during a sleepover , a very good friend of mine and I were talking.

“You know how in songs you hear of things like a ‘Harvest Moon’ and ‘Corn Moon’?” She asked.

“Yeah,” I said, wondering what she was getting at.

“Well, I always wonder what month’s full moons they are talking about. And, if two or three months have full moon names, do all of them?”

As you can see, that’s a very good question. So I did some searching on the internet and found some names for various months on many different sites. As it was so long ago, I can’t find the sites anymore, but I did put what I know together and found that I had a name for the full moon of every month. I don’t know about where the names originate from historically either, so if you know I would really appreciate an email. But anyway, here they are; the full moon names!


Month NameMoon Name
JanuaryOld Moon
FebruarySnow Moon
MarchCrow Moon
AprilEgg Moon
MayMilk Moon
JuneFlower Moon
JulyThunder Moon
AugustCorn Moon
SeptemberFirst Moon
OctoberHarvest Moon
NovemberHunter Moon
DecemberLong Night Moon
Note: if there is more than one full moon in a month, that moon is referred to as ‘blue.’ Thus, a ‘Blue Corn Moon’ would be the second full moon in August.




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Butterfly
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