Name that moon: Full moons have special names
What moon am I?: Ancient cultures had special names for each full month's full moon. Tonight's full moon is a "Buck Moon." Can you figure out what moon this one is?
Courtesy Luc ViatourTonight there will be a full moon. It happens every 29.5 days, no big deal right?
But did you know each full moon through the cycle of a calendar year has a special name? Tonight’s full moon, the one for July, is called a “Buck Moon,” named after a male deer.
The special monthly names for the full moons go back to ancient cultures, who tied the full moons to hunting, weather, planting and harvesting cycles of the year. Full details can be found here.
FYI: Here is a rundown of the various names for each month’s full moon:
January – Wolf Moon
February – Snow Moon
March – Worm Moon
April – Pink Moon
May – Flower Moon
June – Strawberry Moon
July – Buck Moon
August – Sturgeon Moon
September – Harvest Moon
October – Hunter's Moon
November – Beaver Moon
December – Cold Moon
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From coolest to least cool: Wolf, Cold, Hunter's, Snow, Harvest, Buck, Sturgeon, Flower, Beaver, Worm, Strawberry, Pink.
From most hilarious to least hilarious: Pink, Beaver, Worm, Flower (and the rest are tied at "not very funny")
That's a good question...a blue moon happens about once every 2.5 years. It's when there are two full moons within the same month. That happens about every 2.5 years moon months are a little shorter (29.5 days) compared to Earth months (30 or 31 days).
Moon are one of the earths treasures enjoy it!!
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