This is what I found in WMUR.com on the subject:
"January: Full "Wolf" Moon (American Indian - from wolf packs roaming in the dead of winter.) Also known as "Old"
February: Full "Snow" Moon (American Indian - because it's a common month for snow)
March: Full "Worm" Moon (American Indian -- from earthworms coming to soil surface during Spring thaw) Also "Sap", "Sugar"
April: Full "Pink" Moon (American Indian--from profusion of pink wildflowers)
May: Full "Flower" Moon. Also "Planting" sometimes used.
June: Full "Strawberry". Also "Rose" used by some.
July: Full "Buck" Moon. Also "Thunder" is sometimes used (American Indian - because July often features strong Thunderstorms)
August: Full "Fruit" Moon. Also "Corn"
September: Full "Harvest" Moon/
October: Full "Hunter's" Moon.
November: Full "Beaver" Moon. (American Indian - From the busy beavers building their winter homes) Also "Frost"
December: Full "Cold" Moon. AKA "Oak""
And the following table gives more variations on names: (source http://www.fabandpp.org/cotm/moons.htm)
Month | Set #1 | Set #2 | Cherokee |
January | Old | Wolf | Cold |
February | Snow | Snow | Bony |
March | Sap | Worm | Windy |
April | Grass | Pink | Flower |
May | Milk | Flower | Planting |
June | Rose | Strawberry | Green Corn |
July | Thunder | Buck | Ripe Corn |
August | Green Corn | Corn | Fruit |
September | Fruit | Harvest | Nut |
October | Harvest | Hunter's | Harvest |
November | Frost | Beaver | Trading |
December | Long Night | Cold | Snow |
Month | Ottewell | Wiccan | Others |
January | Moon After Yule | Wolf | |
February | | Storm | |
March | Lenten | Chaste | Crow |
April | Egg | Seed | Moon of the Red Grass Appearing |
May | | Hare | |
June | Flower | Dyad | Honey |
July | Hay | Mead | |
August | Grain | Wyrt | Sturgeon |
September | | Barley | |
October | Hunter's | Blood | |
November | Hunter's | Snow | |
December | Moon Before Yule | Oak |
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