Did you see the extra bright moon Sunday night?
“It was quite a sight,” says David Dudeck. “I knew it was virtually a full moon (that happened at noon Monday) and read online that there was a slight lunar eclipse of this first full moon of spring, the ‘Worm Moon.’”
Why is March’s full moon called the “Worm Moon”?
According to the farmer’s almanac, the “Worm Moon” got its name because in March the soil begins to warm and the very first signs of life begin to return as earthworms, beetle larvae, and grubs emerge from their winter dormancy.
These invertebrates are some of the very earliest spring food sources for birds and animals, including bears, skunks, and other critters emerging from hibernation.
Waste from earthworms called castings, or vermicasts, enrich the soil and make it possible to begin planting and gardening after winter’s end.
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