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The full moon for March 2014 takes place on March 16th or 17th, depending on your location. Following is a list of full moon names for March, ranging from common to surprising. Which names speak to you?
Moose Hunter Moon - Abenaki
Spring Season Maker Moon - Abenaki
Catching Fish Moon - Algonquin
Crow Moon - Algonquin
Full Worm Moon - Algonquin
Sap Moon - Algonquin
Sugar Moon - Algonquin
Snow Crust Moon - Anishnaabe
Buffalo Dropping Their Calves - Arapaho
Sore Eye Moon - Assiniboine
Moon of Winds - Celtic
Strawberry Moon - Cherokee
Windy Moon - Cherokee
Sleepy Moon - Chinese
Big Famine Moon - Choctaw
Fish Moon - Colonial American
Lenten Moon - Colonial American
Cottonball Moon - Comanche
Hot and Cold Moon - Comanche
Eagle Moon - Cree
Goose Moon - Cree
Little Spring Moon - Creek
Moon When Eyes Are Sore from Bright Snow - Dakotah Sioux
Worm Moon - Deborean
Rain Moon - Diegueno
Chaste Moon - English Medieval
Noisy Goose Moon - Haida
Falgun Purnima - Hindu
Phalgun Purnima - HinduPurnima Vrat - Hindu
Whispering Wind Moon - Hopi
Amaolikkervik - Inuit
Plow Moon - Janic
Seed Moon - Janic
Spring Moon - Kalapuya
Women Dig Camas - Kalapuya
Shch'ami daawaatra - Keresan
Bud Moon - Kiowa
Middle-Finger (counting on fingers, beginning with thumb in August) - Klamath
Sucker Fishing Moon - Klamath
Halakwol - Kumeyaay
Flowers Moon - Maidu
Trail Sit Along Moon - Maidu
Chaste Moon - Medieval English
Much Lateness Moon - Mohawk
Little Spring Month - Muscokee
Deer Moon - Natchez
Full Crow Moon - Native American
Full Crust Moon - Native American
Full Sap Moon - Native American
Full Worm Moon - Native American
Small Plant Moon - Navajo
Death Moon - Neo Pagan
Little Frog Moon - Omaha
Spring Moon - Passamaquoddy
Green Moon - Pima
Growth Begins - Pomo
Water Stands in the Ponds Month - Ponca
Crane Moon - Potawatomi
Lizard Moon - San Juan
Sap Moon - Shawnee
Warming Moon - Shoshoni
Moon of the Snowblind - Sioux
Moon When Buffalo Cows Drop Their Calves - Sioux
Sore Eye Moon - Sioux
Wind Strong Moon - Taos
Moon When the Leaves Break Forth - Tewa Pueblo
Underwater Plants Sprout - Tlingit
Pahim Muattsi - Tumpisa
Moon of Winds - Unknown
Plow Moon - Unknown
Seed Moon - Unknown
Storm Moon - Wiccan
Long Days Moon - Wishram
Waehma Meecha - Yaqui
Little Summer Moon - Yuchi
Little Sand Storm Moon - Zuni
Sources for full moon names:
- Farmers' Almanac - Full Moon Names and Their Meanings
- Moon Names
- Indian Moons, Days and Other Calendar Stuff
- Hindu Blog - Purnima 2014-2015 dates and time
- Spring Wolf's Pagan's Path - Full Moon Names
- About.com: Paganism/Wicca - Moon Phase Names in the Southern Hemisphere
- Moon Names for a Full Year
- Wikipedia - Full Moon
More about the moon:
- Full moon calendar 2014 (for different time zones)
- Keith's Moon Page
- USNO Data Services
- Google Moon
- National Geographic - Moon Facts
- Calendars through the Ages - A month of moons
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