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Full Moon – Sunday, 19th December

The cold weather is upon us and appropriately, December’s Full Moon is most commonly known as the ‘Cold Moon’. The Moon will be full at 04.35am on Sunday, 19th December.

Other names that indicate the cold and snow given to this Full Moon are:

  • Drift Clearing Moon (Cree),
  • Frost Exploding Trees Moon (Cree),
  • Moon of the Popping Trees (Oglala),
  • Hoar Frost Moon (Cree),
  • Snow Moon (Haida, Cherokee),
  • Winter Maker Moon (Western Abenaki)
  • Moon When the Deer Shed Their Antlers (Dakota)
  • Little Spirit Moon (Anishinaabe).

This Full Moon has also been called the Long Night Moon (Mohican), as it rises during the “longest” nights of the year, which are near the December winter solstice.

In Europe, ancient pagans called the December Full Moon the “Moon Before Yule,” in honour of the Yuletide festival celebrating the return of the sun heralded by winter solstice.

Full Moon calendar 2022

Full Moon date and time Full Moon name
17th January (11.48pm) Wolf Moon
16th February (4.56pm) Snow Moon
18th March (7.18am) Worm Moon
16th April (7.55pm) Pink Moon
16th May (05.14am) Flower Moon (total lunar eclipse)
14th June (12.51pm) Strawberry Moon
13th July (7.38pm) Buck Moon
12th August (2.36am) Sturgeon Moon
10th September (10.59am) Corn/Harvest Moon
9th October (9.55pm) Hunter’s Moon
8th November (11.02am) Beaver Moon
8th December (4.08am) Cold Moon

All times show the time of the full Moon at the Royal Observatory’s home in London, either in GMT or BST depending on the time of year. For full details see the 2022 Guide to the Night Sky

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