onial ▁American " ▁moon ▁names ▁were ▁adopted ▁from ▁Alg on qu ian ▁languages ▁( which ▁were ▁formerly ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁New ▁England ), ▁while ▁others ▁are ▁based ▁in ▁European ▁tradition ▁( e . g . ▁the ▁Col onial ▁American ▁names ▁for ▁the ▁May ▁moon , ▁" Mil k ▁Moon ", ▁" M other ' s ▁Moon ", ▁" H are ▁Moon " ▁have ▁no ▁par alle ls ▁in ▁the ▁supposed ▁native ▁names , ▁while ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁November , ▁" Be aver ▁Moon " ▁is ▁supposed ly ▁based ▁in ▁an ▁Alg on qu ian ▁language ). ▁ ▁The ▁individual ▁names ▁( some ▁incons istent ) ▁given ▁in ▁Farm ers ' ▁Al man ac , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁author itative , ▁include ▁the ▁following : ▁January : ▁" W olf ▁Moon " ▁( for ▁December ▁in ▁Be ard ▁ 1 9 1 8 ), ▁" Old ▁Moon ", ▁" M oon ▁After ▁Y ule ", ▁" W inter ▁Moon " ▁February : ▁" S now ▁Moon ", ▁" H ung er ▁Moon ", ▁" St orm ▁Moon " ▁March : ▁" W orm ▁Moon ", ▁" C row ▁Moon ", ▁" S ap ▁Moon ", ▁" Cr ust ▁Moon ", ▁" L enten ▁Moon ", ▁" W ind ▁Moon " ▁April : ▁" Se ed ▁Moon ", ▁" P ink ▁Moon ", ▁" S pr out ing ▁Gr ass ▁Moon ", ▁" P as cal ▁Moon ", ▁" E gg ▁Moon " ▁( c . f . ▁" Go ose - E