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FULL MOONS

Here are all the full moon dates for 2007 - with names

Here is a listing of all the full Moon names, as well as the dates and times
for 2007. Unless otherwise noted, all times are for the Eastern Time Zone.
Jan. 3, 8:57 a.m. EST - The Full Wolf Moon. Amid the zero cold and deep
snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages.
It was also known as the Old Moon or the "Moon After Yule." In some tribes
this was the Full Snow Moon; most applied that name to the next Moon.
Feb. 2, 12:45 a.m. EST - The Full Snow Moon. Usually the heaviest snows fall
in this month. Hunting becomes very difficult, and hence to some tribes this
was the Full Hunger Moon.
March 3, 6:17 p.m. EST - The Full Worm Moon. In this month the ground
softens and the earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of the robins.
The more northern tribes knew this as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of
crows signals the end of winter, or the Full Crust Moon because the snow
cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full
Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. A
total lunar eclipse will take place on this night; the Moon will appear to
rise will totally immersed (or nearly so) in the Earth's shadow over the
eastern United States. The rising Moon will be emerging from the shadow over
the central United States, while over the Western U.S. The eclipse will be
all but over by the time the Moon rises.
April 2, 1:15 p.m. EDT - The Full Pink Moon. The grass pink or wild ground
phlox is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names
were the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and -- among coastal
tribes -- the Full Fish Moon, when the shad came upstream to spawn. This is
also the Paschal Full Moon; the first full Moon of the spring season. The
first Sunday following the Paschal Moon is Easter Sunday, which indeed will
be observed six days later on Sunday, April 8.
May 2, 6:09 a.m. EDT - The Full Flower Moon. Flowers are abundant everywhere
It was also known as the Full Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon.
May 31, 9:04 p.m. EDT - The Blue Moon. The second full Moon occurring within
a calendar month is usually bestowed this title.
Although the name suggests that to have two Full Moons in a single month is
a rather rare occurrence (happening "just once in a . . . "), it actually
occurs once about every three years on average.
June 30, 9:49 a.m. EDT - The Full Strawberry Moon. Known to every Algonquin
tribe. Europeans called it the Rose Moon.
July 29, 8:48 p.m. EDT - The Full Buck Moon, when the new antlers of buck
deer push out from their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also
often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent.
Sometimes also called the Full Hay Moon.
Aug. 28, 6:35 a.m. EDT - The Full Sturgeon Moon, when this large fish of the
Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most
readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon
rises looking reddish through sultry haze, or the Green Corn Moon or Grain
Moon. A total lunar eclipse will coincide with moonset for the eastern
United States. The Central and Mountain Time Zones will see the Moon's
emergence coincide with moonset, while the western United States will see
the entire eclipse.
Sept. 26, 3:45 p.m. EDT - The Full Harvest Moon. Always the full Moon
occurring nearest to the Autumnal Equinox. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans,
and wild rice-- the chief Indian staples--are now ready for gathering.
Oct. 26, 12:52 a.m. EDT - The Full Hunter's Moon. With the leaves falling
and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped
hunters can ride over the stubble, and can more easily see the fox, also
other animals that have come out to glean and can be caught for a
thanksgiving banquet after the harvest. The Moon will also be at perigee
later this day, at 7:00 a.m., at a distance of 221,676 miles from Earth.
Very high tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full
Moon.
Nov. 24, 9:30 a.m. EST - The Full Beaver Moon. Time to set beaver traps
before the swamps freeze to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another
interpretation suggests that the name Beaver Full Moon comes from the fact
that the beavers are now active in their preparation for winter. Also called
the Frosty Moon.
Dec. 23, 2:51 a.m. EST - The Full Cold Moon; among some tribes, the Full
Long Nights Moon. In this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and the
nights are at their longest and darkest. Also sometimes called the "Moon
before Yule" (Yule is Christmas, and this time the Moon is only just before
it). The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the
midwinter night is indeed long and the Moon is above the horizon a long time
The midwinter full Moon takes a high trajectory across the sky because it
is opposite to the low Sun.

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