Thursday, May 23, 2013

Full moon names for May 25th, 2013

Full moon. Image: morgueFile.

The full moon for May 2013 takes place on May 24th or 25th, depending on your location.

Following is a list of full moon names for May, ranging from common to surprising. (I won't be observing the Algonquin version this month, thank you very much!)

Field Maker Moon - Abenaki
When Women Weed Corn - Algonquin
Blossom Moon - Anishnaabe
Season When the Leaves Are Green - Apache
When the Ponies Shed Their Shaggy Hair - Arapaho
Idle Moon - Assiniboine
Bright Moon - Celtic
Planting Moon - Cherokee
Moon When the Horses Get Fat - Cheyenne
Dragon Moon - Chinese
Panther Moon - Choctaw
Milk Moon - Colonial American
Flower Moon - Comanche
Frog Moon - Cree
Leaves Appear Moon - Cree
Mulberry Moon - Creek
Moon When Leaves Are Green - Dakotah Sioux
Moon to Plant - Dakotah Sioux
Ninth Moon - Dark Janic
Deborean - Flower Moon
Kwurh - Diegueno
Hare Moon - English Medieval
Mothers Moon - Full Janic
Food-Gathering Moon - Haida
Buddha Purnima - Hindu
Vasishakh Poornima - Hindu
Waiting Moon - Hopi
Tigmiyikvik - Inuit
Camas Blooming Time - Kalapuya
Shawiitsishe daawaatra - Keresan
Geese Go North - Kiowa
Summer Tepgan - Kiowa
Little Finger (counting on fingers, beginning with thumb in August) - Klamath
Suckers Dried - Klamath
Halatai - Kumeyaay
Fawns Moon - Maidu
Fish Moon - Maidu
Geese Moon - Maidu
Seeds Moon - Maidu
Time of Big Leaf - Mohawk
Mulberry Month - Muscokee
Little Corn Moon - Natchez
Small Plant Moon - Navajo
Grass Moon - Neo Pagan
Moon When the Little Flowers Die - Osage
Alewive Moon - Passamaquoddy
Ko'ok mashath - Pima
Seeds Ripen - Pomo
Strawberry Moon - Potawatomi
Leaf Tender Moon - San Juan
Strawberry Moon - Shawnee
Budding Moon - Shoshoni
Vesak - Sinhala
Moon When the Ponies Shed - Sioux
Corn Planting Moon - Taos
Month Before Pregnancy - Tlingit
Manukim Muattsi - Tumpisa
Bright Moon - Unknown
Dyad Moon - Unknown
Frogs Return Moon - Unknown
Joy Moon - Unknown
Merry Moon - Unknown
Sproutkale Moon- Unknown
Flower Moon - Wiccan
Hoeing-Corn Moon - Winnebago
The 9th Moon - Wishram
Pahko Meecha - Yaqui
Mulberry Ripening - Yuchi
Yachun kwa'shi'amme - Zuni

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