wolf moon

Midwinter lunar phase

Wolf moon is the traditional name for the full moon in January, when wolves were once thought to howl more frequently outside villages during the deep cold of winter.

The term belongs to a set of folk names for each month's full moon—harvest moon, hunter's moon, and so on—popularized through almanacs and now common in weather reports and astrology columns.

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almanac · Fenrir · midwinter · dead of winter · hunger · lunar · pack mentality · supermoon · frost · winter solstice · chill · howl · lycanthropy · pale · eerie · primal · wild · ancient

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wolf moonharvest moon

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strawberry moon · flower moon · pink moon · hunter's moon · cold moon

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