Full Moon Days
1997 to 2005

  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
January 23 12 1/31 20 9 28 18 7 25
February 22 11 -- 19 8 27 16 6 23
March 23 12 2/31 19 9 28 18 6 25
April 22 11 30 18 7 26 16 5 24
May 22 11 30 18 7 26 15 4 23
June 20 10 28 16 5 24 14 3 22
July 19 9 28 16 5 24 13 2/31 21
August 18 7 26 15 4 22 12 29 19
September 16 6 25 13 2 21 10 28 17
October 15 5 24 13 2 21 10 27 17
November 14 4 23 11 1/30 19 8 26 15
December 13 3 22 11 30 19 8 26 15


Full Moon Names
The Algonquin


Historically, the Native Americans of what is now the northern and eastern United States named each season by giving a distinctive name to each recurring full Moon. This name is applied to the entire month in which it occurres. The same Moon names, listed below, are used throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior with only a few variations.

Names Month Other Names Used
Full Wolf Moon January Full Old Moon
Full Snow Moon February Full Hunger Moon
Full Worm Moon March Full Crow Moon, Full Crust Moon, Full Sugar Moon, Full Sap Moon
Full Pink Moon April Full Sprouting Grass Moon, Full Egg Moon, Full Fish Moon
Full Flower Moon May Full Corn Planting Moon, Full Milk Moon
Full Strawberry Moon June Full Rose Moon, Full Hot Moon
Full Buck Moon July Full Thunder Moon, Full Hay Moon
Full Sturgeon Moon August Full Red Moon, Full Green Corn Moon
Full Harvest Moon* September Full Corn Moon, Full Barley Moon
Full Hunter's Moon October Full Travel Moon, Full Dying Grass Moon
Full Beaver Moon November Full Frost Moon
Full Cold Moon December Full Long Nights Moon

* The Harvest Moon is always the full Moon closest to the Autumn Equinox. If the Harvest Moon occurs in October, then the September full Moon is called the Corn Moon.