It was the season to trap beavers for their thick, winter-ready pelts. Full moon names have long been tied to early Native American, Colonial American and European folklore, according to the Almanac.
The November full moon is traditionally known as the Milk Moon in South Africa, not the Beaver or Frost Moon commonly used in the northern hemisphere. This name has cultural and historical ...
According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, a supermoon is a new or full moon that happens when the moon is near perigee - the point in its orbit closest to the Earth. The term was coined in 1979 by ...