Does Earths moon have a name?

[Pluto the Snowman]

Every moon in the solar system has a name. From Phobos to Nereid to Dysnomia. I have read sometimes of the sun being referred to as "sol". (anything related to the sun is described as "solar). Does this mean our moon is called "Lun" or "Lune"?  Also many books I have read capitalize the word moon when referring to the Moon, implying thats its actual name. So is "moon" both a name and a ...............general object thingy? (forget the word for this).

Unusually, Phobos and Nereid are in the spell check. Are most of the moons added to the forums own spell check thing? (Dysnomia is still underlined)

[JamesF]

I'd assume "The Moon" has no other widely-used name because it needed none.  For thousands of years it was the only one we knew existed.

James

[Pig]

The Moon is its name as we didn't know other Moons existed until Galileo

[happy-kat]

Our moon is called the Moon and always with a capital M.

[John]

It does have a name: "The Moon". This article explains why:

http://www.universetoday.com/120087/what-is-the-moons-real-name/

[Tzitzis]

Well in Greek we call it "Φεγγάρι" (the one that shines) or "Σελήνη". Like Selenium the chemical element. Selene was a Greek godess.

Now Moon="Φεγγάρι" to us but when I see the word written here I get the meaning of satellite rather than only our moon. Our "scientific" word for our moon is "Σελήνη" for us. I guess it's Luna in English

[ronin]

Several I think through history and cultures.

Many bodies carry the same names as gods in different cultures Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus are Roman so I would say that The Moon was at one time whatever the Roman god of the Moon was. Luna at a guess. Others are Selena was another.

Google "moon names in different languages"

[Scott]

I always assumed it was luna but to be honest, I have nothing to base that on

[Tzitzis]

It's strange to me that both kids and scientists call our natural sattelite with the same name. We always had 2 xD    

Moon the simple one, and Selene mostly used by scientists.

I get it though, the capital M in "Moon".

Never thought about this matter, nice post

[Charic]

How about  Selene Luna Moon! As feminine as that sounds,  I've never sexed the Moon  before as a female,  until this thread ? 

[MarsG76]

I thought it was "Luna"...

[Dave In Vermont]

In the language of the Lakota people, part of the greater Sioux Nation, the name of the Moon is: Hanyewi

Lakota means the People of the Morning Star.

http://www.native-languages.org/lakota_words.htm

Ho Ka Hey,

Dave

[Tzitzis]

I thought it was "Luna"...

"Lunar observation, Lunar map" etc.

Like Solar observation... I think it's a generally acceptable term.

[niallk]

An Gealach, mar a dearfa as Gaeilge...

[Steve Ward]

According to deep-sky observers and imagers it has a wide range of names ... CoC rules prevent me from listing most of them though ... 

[alan potts]

Moon is female, Frank Zappa named his daugter Moon, though his other children had some strange names as well. Sorry for the off topic snippet of useless information.

[Mr Spock]

The Moon.

Selene is Greek and Luna is Roman.

[Macavity]

Not "Earth's second moon", but is named...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

Nice illustration of relative motion though.

[RLWP]

Not "Earth's second moon", but is named...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

Nice illustration of relative motion though.

Named, yes. Pronounceable, no!

Richard

[Vox45]

Moon is female, Frank Zappa named his daugter Moon, though his other children had some strange names as well. Sorry for the off topic snippet of useless information.

Just for the fun of it I feel the urge to point out that her full name is Moon Unit Zappa the other children are Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva Muffin   

[Stub Mandrel]

Its worth pointing out that for centuries the Moon was 'the moon' and other 'moons' are called that by analogy and may be more accurately called 'natural satellites' if you want to be pedantic :-)

Naturally, every culture has its own name for the moon.

[JamesF]

"The Great Sky Cheese"

James

[JamesF]

Oooh, imagine the consternation caused when Galileo discovered that other planets had their own flavours of cheese and that the entire universe did not revolve around Parmesan...

James

[ultramol]

All I know is her indoors bays at it when full........Ouch...did'nt realise you were watching dear....

[symesie04]

Just for the fun of it I feel the urge to point out that her full name is Moon Unit Zappa the other children are Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva Muffin 

The man should be imprisoned for such cruelty. Ridiculous all in name of the ego.