Wolf Moon Tonight – Brightest and Largest of the Year. If you have nothing to do tonight, then try going out of your house and bend those tired necks for tonight we shall witness the brightest and the largest moon of the year. It’s called the Wolf Moon. No, it’s not the third installment of the Twilight Saga but it definitely is a magical scenario at night. The Wolf Moon is the first full moon of 2010 and it is the brightest and the largest that you’ll ever see all year long.

We all know that the moon orbits the earth in an imperfect circle and there will be several parts of the year where the moon becomes closest to the earth. This is called the perigree.

The Wolf Moon name was coined by the Native Americans. They also have a specific moon name for every month. The Wolf Moon term came from the howling wolf packs outside the villages of the Native Americans. This full moon is also called as the Moon After Yule or the Old Moon.