Harvest Moon

I finished a book for book club the other day called, The girl who chased the Moon and at the end of the book it had this whole list of the different moons and their names and meanings. I thought it was interesting. The Farmers' Almanac version, and NASA version, are as follows:

January – Wolf moon

February – Snow moon

March – Storm moon

April – Pink moon

May – Flower moon

June – Strawberry moon

July – Buck moon

August – Sturgeon moon

September – Harvest moon

October – Hunter's moon

November – Beaver moon

December – Cold moon

The third full moon in a season with four full moons is called a blue moon, as described in the Maine Farmers' Almanac. Until recently it was commonly misunderstood that the second full moon in a month was the blue moon. However, it was recently discovered by Sky & Telescope magazine and reported on NPR that the interpretation of a blue moon as the second full moon of the month was erroneously reported in an issue of Sky & Telescope dating back to 1946 and then perpetuated by other media.
The July full moon may also be known as the thunder moon, and the March one as the raccoon moon.