Names of Full Moons 
Explanation of Names of Moons

2012

  January

Full Wolf

 January 9
  February Full Snow February 7
  March Full Worm March 8
  April Full Pink April 6
  May Full Flower May 5
  June Full Strawberry June 4
  July Full Buck July 3
  August
  August ***		 Full Sturgeon
(blue moon) Full Red		 August 1
August 31
  September Full Harvest September 29
  October Full Hunters October 29
  November Full Beaver November 28
  December 28 Full Cold December 28

 
**Blue Moon Explained
Web site that lists dates (Farmer's Almanac)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings
What is the Harvest Moon? (Ask Yahoo)
More Moon Names from Native American tribes  (scroll down)
Still More Native American Names of Full Moons
Full moon information from Science World/Wolfram
Full moon information from National Geographic


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