Farmers Almanac's - list of FULL MOON names.
Full Fruit or Barley Moon - August The names Fruit and Barley were reserved only for those years when the Harvest Moon is very late in September.
Full Harvest Moon - September This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Also known as the Wine Moon.
Full Hunter's Moon - October With the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can easily see fox and the animals which have come out to glean. Also known as the Blood Moon.
Full Beaver Moon - November This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter. It is sometimes also referred to as the Frosty Moon or the Snow Moon.
The Full Cold
Moon or the Full Long Nights Moon -
December During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and
nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon
before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the
midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for
a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because
it is opposite a low Sun. Also known as the Oak Moon
by pagans.
The BLUE MOON occurs in
those years when there is a thirteenth full moon.
By rule, a Blue Moon is the third full moon of four in a fixed season usually
containing three,
and will always fall on the 20th - 23rd of May, February, August or November.
Here, again using Universal Time, are the months in which BLUE
MOONS will occur over a full 20 year cycle
BLUE MOONS 2000 - 2020: farmers' almanac rule
2000 - February
  ;2002 - November
2005 - August
2008 - May
2010 - November
2013 - August
2016 - May
2019 - February
There is also another definition, which states that the second
full moon in a month is called a BLUE MOON.
This happens about seven times every 19 years.
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