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The full moon for August 2011 takes place tonight, August 13th. Following is a list of full moon names for August, ranging from common to surprising:
Cutter Moon - Abenaki
When Indian Corn Is Edible - Algonquin
Berry Moon - Anishnaabe
When the Chokeberries Begin to Ripen - Arapaho
Nikini Poya - Buddhist
Dispute Moon - Celtic
Drying Up Moon - Cherokee
Fruit Moon - Cherokee
Harvest Moon - Chinese
Big Harvest Moon - Choctaw
Women's Moon - Choctaw
Dog Day's Moon - Colonial American
Summer Moon - Comanche
Young Ducks Begin to Fly Moon - Cree
Big Ripening Moon - Creek
Moon When All things Ripen - Dakotah Sioux
Fish Moon - Deborean
Corn Moon - English Medieval
Cedar Bark for Hats and Baskets - Haida
Shravan Purnima - Hindu
Raksha Bandhan - Hindu
Narali Poornima - Hindu
Moon of Joyful - Hopi
Mid Summer Moon - Kalapuya
Moon of the Ripening - Lakota
Time of Freshness - Mohawk
Full Red Moon - Native American
Green Corn Moon - Native American
Grain Moon - Native American
Full Sturgeon Moon - Native American (fishing tribes)
Lightening Moon - Neo Pagan
Corn Is in the Silk Moon - Ponca
Moon of the Middle - Potawatomi
Plum Moon - Shawnee
Hot Moon - Shoshone
Cherries Turn Black Moon - Sioux
Berries Ripe on Mountain Moon - Tlingit
Corn Moon - Wiccan
Blackberry Patches Moon - Wishram
Wyrt Moon - Unknown
Sources for full moon names:
- Farmers' Almanac - Full Moon Names and Their Meanings
- Moon Names
- A Witchy Life - August: Fruit Moon
- Hindu Blog - Purnima 2011 - 2012
- Spring Wolf's Pagan's Path - Full Moon Names
- About.com: Paganism/Wicca - Moon Phase Names in the Southern Hemisphere
- Willow Grove - Esbats & Full Moon Names
- Wikipedia - Full Moon
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