An internet search provided this information at
http://www.space.com/16830-full-moon-calendar.htmlThese dates are now marked on each calendar with a round sticker.
By the way, if you happen to have any old calendars from 1988, that year is identical to the year, 2016, so they can be recycled! How neat is that!
Full moon names date back to Native Americans. Some tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. This is when full moons will occur in 2016, according to NASA:
By the way, if you happen to have any old calendars from 1988, that year is identical to the year, 2016, so they can be recycled! How neat is that!
Full moon names date back to Native Americans. Some tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full moon. Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred. This is when full moons will occur in 2016, according to NASA:
| Date | Name | U.S. East | UTC |
| Jan. 23 | Wolf Moon | 8:46 p.m. | 01:46 (1/24) |
| Feb. 22 | Snow Moon | 1:20 p.m. | 18:20 |
| Mar. 23 | Worm Moon | 8:01 a.m. | 12:01 |
| Apr. 22 | Pink Moon | 1:24 a.m. | 05:24 |
| May 21 | Flower Moon | 5:15 p.m. | 21:15 |
| June 20 | Strawberry Moon | 7:02 a.m. | 11:02 |
| July 19 | Buck Moon | 6:57 p.m. | 22:57 |
| Aug. 18 | Sturgeon Moon | 5:27 a.m. | 09:27 |
| Sept. 16 | Harvest Moon | 3:05 p.m. | 19:05 |
| Oct. 16 | Hunter's Moon | 12:23 a.m. | 04:23 |
| Nov. 14 | Beaver Moon | 8:52 a.m. | 13:52 |
| Dec. 13 | Cold Moon | 7:05 p.m. | 00:05 (12/14) |
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