January’s full Moon is traditionally called the Wolf Moon, a name popularized by the Maine Farmers’ Almanac in the 1930s. It reflects Native American traditions of wolves howling during the ...

A full Moon in January is called a Wolf Moon because of the packs of wolves heard howling at the Moon outside villages in the wintertime in decades past, according to NASA. The Moon will rise at ...

but many Western traditions draw from Native American naming customs. Below are the names of the full moons, along with their meanings: January - Wolf Moon: Named for the howling of wolves during ...