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Old Moon, Wolf Moon, Cold Moon, Moon After Yule
February
Snow Moon, Bony Moon, Hunger Moon (Passamaquoddy), Opening Buds Moon (southern tribes) ...

 


January - Old Moon, Wolf Moon
February - Snow Moon
March - Sap Moon, Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust Moon
April - Grass Moon, Pink Moon, Moon of the Red Grass Appearing
May - Milk Moon, Flower Moon
June - Rose Moon, Strawberry Moon ...

After the Old Moon the Moon returns to its starting position as a New Moon and the whole process starts over again.
Exactly how long does it take for the Moon to revolve around the Earth?

January-February Big Winter Moon, Chaste Moon, Ice Moon, Old Moon, Wolf Moon February-March Chaste Moon, Hunger Moon, Snow Moon, Storm Moon March-April Crow Moon, Hare Moon, Lenten Moon, Paschal Moon, Sap Moon, ...

January Moon After Yule, Wolf Moon, or Old Moon
February Snow Moon or Hunger Moon
March Sap Moon, Crow Moon, or Lenten Moon
April Grass Moon or Egg Moon
May Milk Moon or Planting Moon
June Rose Moon, Flower Moon, or Strawberry Moon ...

Greek Mythology -- In the Odyssey, XIV, 151, Homer states that Odysseus will return to his home, and take vengeance on the suitors of Penelope, at the failing of the old moon and the coming of the new.

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Near New Moon, when the sunlit portion of the Moon is small, the phenomenon of 'the old Moon in the young Moon's arms' is often seen.

Venus and Saturn are marked in their position for September 28 when the one day old moon is 5° left of Venus.
The brown band at the bottom of the chart shows the approximate level of the horizon about 20 minutes after sunset on the 28th.

This full moon was known by early Native American tribes as the Full Wolf Moon because this was the time of year when hungry wolf packs howled outside their camps. This moon has also been know as the Old Moon and the Moon After Yule.

See also: Full Moon, Month, Blue Moon, Night, Second