![]() Depending upon how you interpret this definition, in a typical year there can be 2 to 4 full supermoons in a row and 2 to 4 new supermoons in a row. ![]() Supermoons have become popular over the last few decades. The term "supermoon" was coined by the astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 and refers to either a new or full Moon that occurs when the Moon is within 90% of perigee, its closest approach to Earth. Earthworms in these areas now are mostly invasive species introduced from Europe and Asia. After these glaciers melted about 12,000 years ago the more northern forests grew back without earthworms. When glaciers covered the northern part of North America they wiped out the native earthworms. It makes sense that only the southern tribes called this the Worm Moon. The tribes more to the south called this the Worm Moon after the earthworm casts that appear as the ground thaws. Other northern names were the Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing by night, or the Sap (or Sugar) Moon as this is the time for tapping maple trees. The more northern tribes of the northeastern United States knew this as the Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in March this is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon. In the 1930s the Maine Farmer's Almanac began publishing American Indian Moon names for each month of the year.
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