Skywatchers might be handled to a full moon on March 25 with a reputation that evokes the beginning of spring.The Worm Moon will attain its peak on Monday at 3 a.m. ET (2 a.m. CT) although it is going to seem full the evening earlier than and after that day.Full moon names come from a wide range of sources, together with Native American, Colonial American and European sources, based on the Farmer’s Almanac. Whereas most individuals affiliate the Worm Moon with the time in spring that earthworms begin to seem within the warming soil, there might be one other clarification.In response to the Almanac:“Within the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie (Dakota) and different Native American tribes and wrote that the identify Worm Moon refers to a distinct form of “worm”—beetle larvae—which start to emerge from the thawing bark of timber and different winter hideouts at this time.”NASA provides one other clarification, saying the identify got here from southern Native American tribes because of the “earthworm casts that seem as the bottom thaws.”READ MORE: Whole photo voltaic eclipse path 2024: Search your metropolis, ZIP code for finest viewing timesThe subsequent full moon would be the Pink Moon, which takes its identify from flowers that seem in April. It’s going to mild up the evening sky on April 23. Different full moons for 2024 embody:Flower Moon – Could 23Strawberry Moon – June 21Buck Moon – July 21Sturgeon Moon – Aug. 19Harvest Moon – Sept. 17Hunter’s Moon – Oct. 17Beaver Moon – Nov. 15Cold Moon – Dec. 15