Here you see the February full moon rising over Blue Hill Bay on Wednesday, when it was at its fullest. A snowstorm was brewing as it rose, and we awoke the next day to a mix of tiny snowflakes and sleet.
The Farmers' Almanac, which has been publishing continuously in Lewiston, Maine, since 1818, began reporting on translations of Native American names for full moons in the 1930s, and these names still are the most frequently used.
Thus, this February moon is known widely as the Snow Moon or Storm Moon, the most frequent names given to it by the northeastern native nations. February’s heavy snowstorms and other bad weather made hunting difficult, so this moon also was called the Hunger Moon by some of the indigenous peoples, according to the Almanac. (Images taken from Brooklin, Maine, on February 12, 2025.)