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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Moon - monthly nicknames
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January - Old moon, Moon after Yule
February - Snow moon, Hunger moon, Wolf moon
March - Sap moon, Crow moon, Lenten moon
April - Grass moon, egg moon
May - Planting moon, Milk moon
June - Rose moon, Flower moon, Strawberry moon, Honey moon
July - Thuder moon, Hay moon
August - Green Corn moon, Grain moon
September - Harvest moon (closest to the equinox)
October - Hunter's moon
November - Frosty moon, Beaver moon
December - Moon before Yule, Long night moon
These and other names originated with different cultures based upon the predominant activity that month in most cases
Source: Tom Hocking, Morehead Planetarium, Univ. of North Carolina
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LCLCPL
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