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Full Moons for 1994: No Baker’s Dozen
by Howard L. CohenEvery few years full moons come in a baker's dozen. To have thirteen full moons, one of the twelve calendar months must have two. This latter full moon is now commonly called a blue moon. Most people have also heard of the harvest moon and even the hunter's moon, since astronomy textbooks and almanacs frequently mentioned this term. (Do you know why?)
Although 1994 will not be a blue moon year, all twelve ordinary full moons of the year carry names christened by various peoples. Here is a set you may find interesting.* If not, why not try making up your own scheme!
(This table also gives dates of 1994 full moons including last December's - a baker's dozen although there is no blue moon.)
Winter 1993-94
Spring 1994
- Moon after Yule 1993 December 28 (Tuesday)
- Wolf Moon 1994 January 27 (Thursday)
- Lenten Moon 1994 February 25 (Friday)
Summer 1994
- Egg Moon 1994 March 27 (Sunday)
- Milk Moon 1994 April 25 (Monday)
- Flower Moon 1994 May 24 (Tuesday)
Autumn 1994
- Hay Moon 1994 June 23 (Thursday)
- Grain Moon 1994 July 22 (Friday)
- Fruit Moon 1994 August 21 (Sunday)
Winter 1994:
- Harvest Moon 1994 September 19 (Monday)
- Hunter's Moon 1994 October 19 (Wednesday)
- Moon before Yule 1994 December 18 (Friday)
- Moon after Yule 1994 December 17 (Saturday)
*Ref. 'The Maine Farmers' Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1937, Augusta Maine: Charles E. Nash & Son, pg. 21 as quoted in the Griffith Observer, Vol. 51, No. 6 (June) 1987, pg. 23.
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