![]() Also in Myanmar, this full Moon is near the end of the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival. In Myanmar, this full Moon corresponds with the three-day Thadingyut Festival of Lights, also known as the Lighting Festival of Myanmar. Many Buddhists observe the holy day Pavarana on this day. There are numerous festivals and holy days associated with this Moon at the end of Vassa. It marks the end of the month of Ashvin in the traditional Hindu calendar and Thadingyut in the traditional Burmese calendar.įor Hindus, this is Sharad Purnima, a harvest festival celebrated in a variety of ways throughout India.įor Buddhists, this Moon marks the end of Vassa, the three-month period of fasting for Buddhist monks tied to the monsoons (Vassa is sometimes given the English names Rains Retreat or Buddhist Lent). This full Moon occurs around the end of the seasonal monsoon rains in the Indian subcontinent. For example, both the Iroquois and Algonquin would hunt in the Adirondacks in the summertime but would leave to avoid the harsh mountain winter. I don't know, but this name may also refer to the season when the more northern tribes would move down from the mountains for the winter. I have read that the name Travel Moon comes from observing the migration of birds and other animals preparing for the winter. Others indicate that the names Sanguine or Blood Moon are associated with hunting to prepare for winter. Some sources indicate that the Dying Grass, Sanguine, and Blood Moon names are related to the turning of the leaves and dying back of plants with the start of fall. called this the Travel Moon, the Dying Grass Moon, or the Sanguine or Blood Moon. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in October the Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern U.S. Over time, these names have become widely known and used. ![]() The Maine Farmer's Almanac first published Native American names for the full Moons in the 1930s. ![]() Since the harvesters have reaped the fields, hunters can easily see the animals that have come out to glean (and the foxes that have come out to prey on them). According to the Farmer's Almanac, with the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. The earliest use of the term "Hunter's Moon" cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1710. The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Monday night into Thursday night.Īs the full Moon after the Harvest Moon, this will be the Hunter's Moon. This will be on Wednesday for much of the world but will be on Thursday from Australian Central Standard time eastward to the International Date Line. 20, 2021, appearing opposite the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 10:57 a.m. The next full Moon will be on Wednesday morning, Oct. The Next Full Moon is the Hunter's Moon the Travel, Dying Grass, Sanguine, or Blood Moon Shared Purnima Pavarana the full Moon of the Thadingyut Festival of Lights, the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival, and the Boun Suang Huea or the Boat Racing Festival and the Lucy Moon.
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