The Sturgeon Moon, when this large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught. 11, 2022 (Image credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images) The Full Sturgeon Moon rises over Eindhoven, Netherlands on Aug. Ecclesiastical rules mandate that the first Sunday after this moon is Easter, and so it will be on the 9th. This is also the first full moon of spring - the so-called Paschal Moon. Other names were the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and - among coastal tribes - the Full Fish Moon, when the shad came upstream to spawn. The grass pink or wild ground phlox is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. The more northern tribes knew this as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signals the end of winter, or the Full Crust Moon because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. In this month the ground softens and the earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of the robins. (Image credit: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) The Full Worm Moon rises behind the Empire State Building in Manhattan of New York City, United States on March 18, 2022.
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