Today, we use many of these ancient month names as Full Moon names, and many of them come from the Colonial Americans adopting Native American names into their calendars.Īlthough the most commonly used Full Moon names are English interpretations of Native American names, some are also Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, medieval English, and Neo-Pagan. Waxing means that it is getting bigger, while gibbous refers to the oval-to-round shape. It starts just after the First Quarter Moon and lasts until the Full Moon. The Full Moon has been integral to tracking the change of months and seasons since ancient times. The Waxing Gibbous phase is when the lit-up part of the Moon grows from 50.1 to 99.9.
Close to Summer SolsticeĪround every 20 years, the Strawberry Moon coincides with the summer solstice, which is either on June 20, 21, or 22. Other sources quote Mead Moon as the Anglo-Saxon name because this was the time for mowing the meads, or meadows. Other English names are Flower Moon and Planting Moon. The Celtic names are Horse Moon, Dyan Moon, and Rose Moon. Other native names are Berries Ripen Moon, Green Corn Moon, and Hot Moon. June’s Full Moon is named after the wild strawberries that ripen this month and could be gathered by the Native American tribes. Blue Moon: Aug 31 (second Full Moon in single calendar month) Super Full Moon: Aug 31.
Black Moon: May 19 (third New Moon in a season with four New Moons) Super Full Moon: Aug 2. Change location Named After Ripening Strawberries Penumbral Lunar Eclipse visible in Bengaluru on May 5 May 6. Times and dates are based on the local time in Odesa. Times for the Strawberry Moon vary by time zone. Paddleboarders below a rising Strawberry Moon at Barceloneta beach, Barcelona, Spain.
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