The word moon refers, among other things, to:
Celestial bodies
- A natural satellite of a planet or other celestial body
- When capitalised, Moon, as Earth's sole natural satellite
- Month, the period between successive occurrences of a particular lunar phase, or figuratively, a calendar month ("moon" and "month" derive from the same word)
Verb
- To moon: 'to expose to moonlight'.
- Moon can be a slang term for buttocks in the US or moonie can be a term for mooning
Geography
People
Surname
- Alan R. Moon, designer of games such as Ticket to Ride and Elfenland
- Ben Moon, hardcore English rock climber
- Brendan Moon, Australian rugby union player
- Dean Moon, hot rod pioneer and founder of the Mooneyes brand of car accessories
- Elizabeth Moon, novelist
- Eric Moon, librarian and editor
- Jamario Moon, an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Toronto Raptors
- Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player
- Keith Moon, drummer for rock band The Who
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Madeleine Moon, Labour MP for Bridgend
- Parker Thomas Moon, U.S. educator and political scientist
- Peter Moon, Australian comedian, actor, writer and radio presenter
- Robert Charles Moon, English ophthalmologist
- Ronald Moon, Chief Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court
- Rupert Moon, Welsh rugby union player
- Slim Moon, record producer and musician
- Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church
- Wally Moon, major league baseball player, whose home runs over the close-by left field screen at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum were referred to as "Moonshots"
- Warren Moon, quarterback in U.S. and Canadian football
- Warren Moon, Australian soccer player
- William Moon, inventor of Moon type (see below)
First name
Other
Fictional characters
- Alfie Moon, Danny Moon, Jake Moon, Kat Moon, Liza Moon, Maxwell Moon, Spencer Moon and Victoria Moon, from the TV series EastEnders
- Daphne Moon, from the TV series Frasier
- Moonbeam McSwine, from the comic strip Li'l Abner
- Howard Moon and "The Moon", from the TV comedy series The Mighty Boosh
- Sailor Moon, fictional character in the anime and manga series of the same name
- Sailor Chibi Moon, codename of Usagi "Chibiusa" Tsukino, a character in the Sailor Moon franchise
- Moon, theatre critic from the Tom Stoppard play The Real Inspector Hound
- Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics fictional character
Other
- Moon (album), an album by Gackt
- Moon., a Japanese adult visual novel
- Moon Handbooks, a series of travel guides by Avalon Publishing Group
- Moon type, a writing system for the blind
- Battle Moons, powerful weapons systems of planet Rock in Shadow Raiders
- Moon Motor Car, a US-American car company
- Mooneyes, a brand of car accessories, famous for its Moondiscs wheel cover
- "The Moon", a song by Cat Power from her 2006 album The Greatest
- Moon, a Duple A-Side Single from J-pop singer Koda Kumi.
- The Dark Side of the Moon, a landmark album by Pink Floyd
- "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain", radio theme song of Kate Smith
- Nude on the Moon, 1961 film
- The Moon, a psychedelic rock band featuring former Beach Boy David Marks
- The Moon (song), the Romanian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- Moon (video game), a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo DS
- Moon: Remix RPG Adventure, a role-playing game for the PlayStation
- Under a Killing Moon, third installment of an adventure game series, by Tex Murphy
See also
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