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Vote Now! Four finalists selected for the November Full Moon Name!


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Top Four Suggested Names for November’s Full Moon:


Full Gathering Moon

Full Turkey Moon

Full Thankful Moon

Full Frosty Moon

Have you heard of a “Blue Moon”? What about a “Wolf,” a “Corn,” or a “Sturgeon” Moon? You have if you read the Farmers’ Almanac or visit our Web site. Years ago, people named every Full Moon as a way to keep track of time. Each name was applied to an entire month and was directly related to an activity or something in nature that occurred or was observed often during that month.

For example, ”Full Wolf Moon” was the name given to a Full Moon in the month of January. The reason was that in the cold and the deep snows of midwinter, wolf packs howled hungrily outside villages. Some Moons have a number of names, depending on the people and the area of the country. Other Moon names for January include “Old Moon” and “Moon after YHelp us NAME THAT MOON!
Vote Now! Four finalists selected for the November Full Moon Name!

Have you heard of a “Blue Moon”? What about a “Wolf,” a “Corn,” or a “Sturgeon” Moon? You have if you read the Farmers’ Almanac or visit our Web site. Years ago, people named every Full Moon as a way to keep track of time. Each name was applied to an entire month and was directly related to an activity or something in nature that occurred or was observed often during that month.

For example, ”Full Wolf Moon” was the name given to a Full Moon in the month of January. The reason was that in the cold and the deep snows of midwinter, wolf packs howled hungrily outside villages. Some Moons have a number of names, depending on the people and the area of the country. Other Moon names for January include “Old Moon” and “Moon after Yule.”

The name “Full Corn Moon” is reserved for September, as it marked the time of year when corn was harvested. Another popular name for September’s Full Moon is “Harvest Moon”; however, this name is reserved for the Full Moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon occurs in September, but in some years it occurs in October.

Fast forwarding several hundred years, we can see that Full Moon names no longer describe their months, even though they are still a topic of interest and tradition. But how many people know what a sturgeon is, or ever go fishing for one? Are there more prevalent images we could use for naming Full Moons that people in the twenty-first century could associate with?
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The name “Full Corn Moon” is reserved for September, as it marked the time of year when corn was harvested. Another popular name for September’s Full Moon is “Harvest Moon”; however, this name is reserved for the Full Moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon occurs in September, but in some years it occurs in October.

Fast forwarding several hundred years, we can see that Full Moon names no longer describe their months, even though they are still a topic of interest and tradition. But how many people know what a sturgeon is, or ever go fishing for one? Are there more prevalent images we could use for naming Full Moons that people in the twenty-first century could associate with?