What is the wolf moon? 2025's 1st full moon, plus other celestial happenings
2025's first full moon will be the last of four consecutive supermoons, according to NASA. But it's a pretty eventful lunar phase. Monday's full moon has a lot going on, which would make anyone want to howl with delight, especially since this month's moon is known as the "wolf" moon.
The first full moon of 2025, January's Wolf Moon, peaks Monday. Here's where and when to see it.
Dating back to the 1930s, the Maine Farmers' Almanac began publishing what it said were Native American names for each full moon and the names have stuck since. January's full moon is called the Wolf Moon due to the "packs of wolves heard howling outside the villages amid the cold and deep snows of winter," according to NASA.
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(Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) As today's full moon—the “Wolf Moon”—rises in the east during dusk, it will begin a countdown to one of our planet's most culturally significant new moons.
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