In the year 1937, Amelia Mary Earhart mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight, while the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey, and Aviator Howard Hughes breaks his own transcontinental flight speed record when he flies from Los Angeles to Newark. Yes, things were taking off, but also crashing to the ground as men and women began to explore the skies. Thirty-two years later we would finally make it to the moon. Who knows what is next?

There will be twelve full moons in 2022 with two “Super Moons,” a “Buck Moon,” and a “Sturgeon Moon.” We just experienced a “Wolf Moon,” the first of the year. February is known as  the “Snow Moon.” “Historically, many of the nicknames we use for full Moons come “from Native American, Colonial American, or other traditional North American sources passed down through generations,” according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. 

According to this same article, other names for January’s full moon include Center Moon, Cold Moon, Frost Exploding Moon, Freeze Up Moon, Severe Moon, and Hard Moon. March will be the “Worm Moon,” followed by the “Pink Moon” in April, May’s “Flower Moon,” June’s “Strawberry Moon,” and the previously mentioned “Buck Moon” of July and “Sturgeon Moon” of August. 

September is the “Corn Moon, October the “Hunter Moon.” November “Beaver Moon,” and the year ends with December’s “Cold Moon.” The Second Moon in any given month is known as a “Blue Moon,” but there will not be one in 2022 – No Blue in Twenty-Two, but plenty of other moons to look forward to howling at. 

“Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like on
A-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me
Fill my heart with song and let me sing forevermore
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
Fill my heart with song
Let me sing forevermore
You are all I long for, all I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words
In other words
I love you”


Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bart Howard
Fly Me to the Moon lyrics © T.R.O. Inc.