Abri Blanchard bone
accretion disc
Aldrin, Buzz
Anaxagoras
Anders, Bill
animals, influence of Moon upon
Antikythera Mechanism
Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico
Apennine Mountains (Montes Apenninus)
Apollo missions: Apollo 1 (1967)
Apollo 2–6
Apollo 7 (1968)
Apollo 8 (1968)
Apollo 9 (1969)
Apollo 10 (1969)
Apollo 11 (1969)
Apollo 12 (1969)
Apollo 13 (1970)
Apollo 14 (1971)
Apollo 15 (1971)
Apollo 16 (1972)
Apollo 17 (1972)
Earthrise photo and
end of
experiments/samples taken from the Moon
ISS and
landing sites
origins of
places retroreflectors on lunar surface
space race and
archaeoastronomy (the investigation of the astronomical knowledge of prehistoric cultures)
Archimedes crater
Aristarchus crater
Aristarchus of Samos
Aristoteles crater
Aristotle
Armstrong, Neil
art, Moon-inspired works of
artifacts, Moon-related
Aryabhata
atmosphere, lunar
atomic bomb
Aurignacian Lunar Calendar
axial tilt
Bahloo the Moon
barycenter
basalt
bases, Moon
BBC
Beer, Wilhelm
bHROS (high-resolution optical spectrograph)
binoculars
black holes
‘blue Moon’
Borman, Frank
Boscovich, Roger
Brahe, Tycho
British Astronomical Association
calendars, lunar
Callanish Stones
Callisto
Catholic Church
Caucasus Mountains (Montes Caucasus)
Cernan, Gene
Chandrayaan-1 (2008)
Chang’e missions
Charon
chemical composition, Moon’s
China: ancient astronomers in
future of Moon and
recent and future lunar missions see also Chang’e missions
Churchill, Winston
Clairaut, Alexis
Clangers, The (TV program)
Clarke, Arthur C.
Clavius crater
co-formation theory
Collins, Michael
collision theory
conservation of angular momentum
Copernicus crater
Copernicus, Nicholas
core, lunar
collisions as cause of
discovery of
ice/water in
lunar landscape and
map of
naming of
telescopes in
viewing
Crawford, Ian
crime, Moon’s influence upon
crust, lunar
crustal magnetism
Cuntz, Professor Manfred
dark adaptation
dark side of the Moon see also far side of the Moon
Darwin, Charles
da Vinci, Leonardo
sketches of the Moon by
day: definition of
length of
sidereal
synodic/solar
daylight, observing the Moon in
Deimos
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
density, Moon’s
Devonian period
diameter, Moon’s
differential force
domes
drawings/sketches of the Moon, first telescopic
Duffy, Carole Ann: “The Woman in the Moon”
Earth: atmosphere
axial tilt
conservation of angular momentum, Earth- Moon system and
days, length of
distance of Moon from
earthshine/“ashen glow”
eclipses and see eclipses
evolution of, Moon’s influence over
formation of Moon and
interior
interior of Moon and
magnetic fields
moonquakes and
orbit
orbit of Moon and
origins of life on, formation of Moon and
physical characteristics compared to the Moon
places/ancient sites inspired by the Moon
rotation
seasons
solar wind and
stability of rotation, Moon and
tides, Moon’s influence upon
earthquakes (moonquakes)
Earthrise (photograph)
earthshine/“ashen glow”
eclipses
annular solar eclipse
frequency of
“Great American Eclipse” (2017)
hybrid solar eclipse
Le Havre (1999)
longitude and
lunar eclipses
partial lunar eclipse
partial solar eclipse
predictions of, ancient
solar eclipses
total eclipse of Moon
total eclipse of Sun by Moon
types of
En-hedu-ana (Astronomer Priestess of the Moon Goddess)
environment, lunar
Epic of Gilgamesh
ESA (European Space Agency)
Europa
European-Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT)
Eusmilia fastigiata
Falls of Lora, Scotland
far side of the Moon
Feynman, Richard
“first quarter” phase
folktales and science-fiction stories, Moon-inspired
formation/origins, Moon’s
“full moon”
future, the Moon in the
commerce
Moon vs. Mars exploration/habitation debate
ownership of the Moon
proposed Moon bases
science and
three eras of space and
Gagarin, Yuri
Galilei, Galileo: Catholic Church and
Sidereus Nuncius (“Starry Messenger”)
sketches of the Moon
telescopes
The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
Ganymede
Gemini South Observatory, Chile
geomagnetism
Goddard, Robert H.
Gonsalves, Rob: Over the Moon: An Optical Illusion
Google Lunar X Prize
graben
gravitational waves
gravity: bond between Earth and Moon and
gravitational field, lunar
Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) (2011)
Greece, ancient
Grimaldi crater
Grimaldi, Francesco
Gurdemir, Levent
Harriot, Thomas
heliosphere
helium-3
Herodotus
Hevelius, Johannes
highlands/terrae, lunar
history of moongazing, brief
Hubble Space Telescope
human behavior, effects of Moon upon
illusory correlation
Imperial College
interior, Moon’s
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
International Space Station (ISS)
inverse square law
Io
Ishango bone
James Webb Space Telescope
Jing Fang
Joseph Wright of Derby: An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
Jupiter
Jura Mountains (Montes Jura)
Kaguya SELENE (2007)
Kármán, Theodore von
Kennedy, John F.
Kepler crater
Kepler, Johannes: Somnium
Knowth Complex, County Meath, Ireland
Korolev, Sergei
landings, Moon see also individual mission name
landscape, lunar see also under individual feature name
Langrenus crater
“last quarter” phase
Late Heavy Bombardment
LCROSS (2009)
Leviathan of Parsonstown (telescope)
libration
Lichtenstein, Roy: Moonscape
Li Po: ‘Drinking Alone in the Moonlight’
Lippershey, Hans
Lovell, James
Lucian of Samosata: A True Story
Luna (name for Moon)
Luna (Roman goddess)
Luna missions, Soviet
lunacy
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) (2013)
Lunar Laser Ranging Project
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) (2009)
lunar standstill
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston
Mädler, Johann Heinrich von
madness, Moon’s influence and
magma ocean
magnetic field, lunar
magnification, telescopes and
mantle, lunar
maps, lunar
maria
Mars
exploration of
Marshack, Alexander
mascons (mass concentrations)
mass, Moon’s
meteor showers
missions to the Moon: current (the last ten years)
future
history of see also under individual mission name
Mons Pico
Mons Piton
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley: “A Hymn to the Moon”
monthly lunar elongation, first recording of
Moon: animals on Earth and
areas/places see individual area or place name
art inspired by
artifacts inspired by
bases on, proposed
binoculars, viewing with
“blue Moon”
calendars inspired by see calendars, lunar
commerce on, future of
craters see craters
daylight, seeing in
earthshine
eclipses and see eclipses
environment, challenging
dark side/far side of
folktales and science-fiction stories inspired by
formation of
future of
history of moongazing, brief
interior
landings on see also individual mission name
landscape
libration
lunar standstill
madness and
maps
maria
missions to, current
missions to, history of
missions to, future
monthly lunar elongation
Moon vs Mars debate
Moon-Earth system see Earth
mountain ranges
naked eye, viewing with
name/etymology
naming system for features on
observing see also observing
ownership of
phases see also individual phase name
physical characteristics
places inspired by (ancient tributes on Earth)
poems inspired by
rotational axis
science on, future of
sleep and
space race and
supermoon
telescope, viewing with see telescopes
three eras of space and
tides on Earth and see tides
water on, see also tides
werewolves and
Moon capture theory
moonquakes
“Moon 2020–2030: A New Era of Human and Robotic Exploration” (symposium, 2016)
Moore, Patrick
mountain ranges
Nabonidus, King
naked eye, viewing Moon with
name/etymology, Moon’s
naming system, lunar
NASA
Vision for Space Exploration (2004)
Newgrange
“new moon”
Newton, Sir Isaac
Nichols, Nichelle
Nolle, Richard
oblated shape, Moon’s
observing the Moon
binoculars and
comfortable viewing
dark adaptation and
ideal viewing conditions
naked eye and
telescope, amateur and see also under individual feature name
Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum)
“old moon”
olivine
“opposition”
orbit, lunar
Outer Space Treaty (1967)
ownership, Moon
Peake, Tim
peridot
phases, lunar see also individual phase name
Phobos
physical characteristics, Moon’s
Plato
Plato crater
Pleiades
Pliny the Elder
poems, Moon-inspired
Ponzo, Mario
Postgate, Oliver
Proctor, Richard
Ptolemy
pyroxene
radio astronomy
regolith (the Moon’s ‘soil’)
resources, use of Moon’s
ethics of
helium-3
solar power
water
Riccioli, Giambattista
rilles
RNA
rock samples
Roman Empire
rotational axis, Moon’s
rotational period, Moon’s
Sagan, Carl
Sami people
Sandburg, Carl: “Child Moon”
Sappho of Lesbos: “Midnight Poem”
Sargon
“Saros period”
satellites, first artificial
Saturn
Saturn V rocket
scattering
Schröter, Johann Hieronymus
Sea of Clouds (Mare Nubium)
Sea of Crises (Mare Crisium)
Sea of Fertility (Mare Fecunditatis)
Sea of Nectar (Mare Nectaris)
Sea of Rains (Mare Imbrium)
Sea of Serenity (Mare Serenitatis)
Sea of Tranquillity (Mare Tranquillitatis)
seasons
Second World War (1939–45)
Seeded from our Earth theory
Selena (name for Moon)
Seleucus of Seleucia
Shen Kuo
Shepard, Alan
Shi Shen
shooting star
sleep, Moon’s influence upon
Smith, Ray
solar panels, lunar surface and
solar wind
space race
space tourism
SpaceX
spectrograph, high-resolution
speed, Moon increasing
Sputnik
Star Trek
stars: de-twinkling
stratigraphy, lunar
Sun: corona
day length and
eclipses
phases of Moon and
solar wind
tides on Earth and
supermoon
surface area, lunar
Taurus Mountains (Montes Taurus)
telescopes
adaptive optics
amateur, highlights of observing the Moon with
atmosphere of Earth impedes viewing with
Cassegrain
catadioptric
in Moon craters
drawings/sketches of the Moon, first telescopic
first person to observe Moon through
Hubble
large
magnification and
making
mirrors
on the Moon
photography and
reflecting
refracting
Schmidt-Cassegrain
stars and
types of
Very Large Telescopes (VLTs) see also individual telescope name
temperature, Moon surface/atmosphere and
Temple of the Moon, Beijing, China
terminator (division between the illuminated and dark hemispheres of the Moon)
Thales of Miletus
The Sky At Night
Theia
“third quarter” phase
three eras of space
tides, influence of Moon upon Earth’s
differential force
Falls of Lora, Scotland
neap tides
tidal force
tidal locking
trigonometric studies of lunar features of, first
Trump, Donald
Tycho crater
Tyson, Neil deGrasse
Uganda
Ugarit Clay Tablet, Syria
United Nations (UN)
Ur
Ur-Nammu, King
Uranus
van Eyck, Jan: The Crucifixion and other paintings by
Venus
Very Large Telescopes (VLTs)
volume, Moon’s
Von Braun, Werner
V-2 rocket
Wan Hu
Wáng Zhēnyí
“waning crescent” phase
“waning gibbous” phase
Warren Field, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
water, presence on the Moon of, see also tides
“waxing crescent” phase
“waxing gibbous” phase
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), space and
Wells, H. G.: The First Men in the Moon
werewolves
Wilkins, H. P.
wrinkle ridges
Yunus, Ibn
Ziggurat of Ur, Mesopotamia
Zond 3