FULL ‘FLOWER MOON’ IN MAY TO SHINE IN THE SPRINGTIME SKY HERE’S HOW IT GOT ITS ROSY NAME
Mulberry Moon. Budding Moon. Milk Moon.
The names traditionally given to May’s full moon abound—but the most famous of all probably belongs to the Flower Moon.
Before we had digital calendars on our smartphones, the moon was for thousands of years used by myriad civilizations to track time and divvy up the year. Our calendar of today is based on that lunar lineage.
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