Names for the October Lunar CycleOctober's lunar cycle punches above its weight, what with the whole "Halloween" thing, but even if you ignore all the spookiness, this lunar cycle is working overtime. The Mohawk of the Northeast—which is snow country—called October's Moon "time of poverty," while the November Moon is known as "time of much poverty." Perhaps the most common modern nickname for the October lunar cycle is the Hunter's Moon. However, when the nearest full Moon to the autumn equinox falls in October, that year October is the Harvest Moon; if the closest full Moon to the equinox is in September, then that year the Harvest Moon will be in September. The Harvest Moon is, as it were, a movable feast.