Unsurprisingly, the name of February's full moon became known as the snow moon since it rises in one of the snowiest months, on average, in the United States. Because bad weather and heavy snows made ...

which first began publishing names for full moons in the 1930s. The full moon was dubbed the Snow Moon because of the heavy snow that typically falls during this season. Many Native American ...

Moon names can also be derived from Native American, Colonial American and European sources. Other names for February's moon include the Bald Eagle Moon (Cree), the Raccoon Moon (Dakota), the ...

According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, the publication uses names for full moons from a number of places including Native American, Colonial American and European sources. In this case ...

February is when Venus — named after the Roman goddess of love — shines her brightest. Here's how to spot it and the full moon before Valentine's Day.

Full moon names were an integral ancient method to track the changing months and seasons, and many that are still used today came from Colonial Americans adopting Native American names into their ...