March’s full moon reaches peak illumination at 3:20 A.M. EDT on Friday, March 18th. Known as the Worm Moon, is the last full moon before the spring equinox. In Christianity, this means that the Worm Moon is known as the Lenten Moon as it is the last full moon of winter. There are a number of possible reasons for the moniker ‘Worm Moon.’ One possible explanation is that the moon is named after the appearance of earthworms as the soil warms in the spring. Alternatively, 18th-century explorer Captain Jonathan Carver wrote that the moon name refers to beetle larvae that emerge from thawing tree bark.
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