Skywatchers will be treated to a full moon on March 25 with a name that evokes the start of spring.

The Worm Moon will reach its peak on Monday at 3 a.m. ET (2 a.m. CT) though it will appear full the night before and after that day.

Full moon names come from a variety of sources, including Native American, Colonial American and European sources, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. While most people associate the Worm Moon with the time in spring that earthworms start to appear in the warming soil, there could be another explanation.

According to the Almanac:

“In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes and wrote that the name Worm Moon refers to a different sort of “worm”—beetle larvae—which begin to emerge from the thawing bark of trees and other winter hideouts at this time.”

NASA offers another explanation, saying the name came from southern Native American tribes due to the “earthworm casts that appear as the ground thaws.”

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The next full moon will be the Pink Moon, which takes its name from flowers that appear in April. It will light up the night sky on April 23. Other full moons for 2024 include:

• Flower Moon – May 23
• Strawberry Moon – June 21
• Buck Moon – July 21
• Sturgeon Moon – Aug. 19
• Harvest Moon – Sept. 17
• Hunter’s Moon – Oct. 17
• Beaver Moon – Nov. 15
• Cold Moon – Dec. 15