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The Moon is a rounded astronomical body that orbits the Earth as its only natural satellite. It has no significant atmosphere and is tidally locked to the Earth.

Popular Culture[]

Appearances[]

Variants[]

The following list is of explicit appearances of the Moon.

Year Name Appearance Notes
2nd century AD Moon
  • A True Story, author Lucian of Samosata
  • Lucian and his crew spend time on the Moon in this early work of science fiction and satire.
1875 Moon
  • The Canadian government intends to build a railway to the Moon. Paul Ford, Engineer in Chief of the Lunatic Railway Survey, is dispatched from Ottawa, and meets Night Blooming Ceres, Monarch of the Moon.[1]
1934 Moon
  • After members of the daring Legion of Space rescue Aladoree Anthar and return her to Earth, she constructs to the superweapon AKKA, removing the Medusae as a threat by removing the Moon from existence.[2]
1975 - 1977 Moon
  • Space: 1999
  • After a massive explosion that knocks the Moon out of Earth's orbit, Commander John Koenig (Martin Landau), Dr. Helena Russell (Barbara Bain), and Professor Victor Bergman (Barry Morse) and the surviving crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive the perils of deep space.[3]
1986 Moon
  • Special Projects Director for NUMA Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino must foil a conspiracy launched from a top-secret moonbase.[4]
2016
2019 Moon
  • The Orville, episode "The Road Not Taken"
  • In an alternate timeline where the Kaylon won the Kaylon War, a shattered Moon overlooked a lifeless Earth, and the Mariana Trench containing the fallen USS Orville.[7]
2022 Moon
  • Moonfall
  • The Moon is propelled towards the Earth by an unknown force.[8]

Links[]

  • Moon on Wikipedia
  • Moon on Encyclopædia Britannica
  • Moon on the Canadian Encyclopedia

References[]

  1. Official correspondence between the Honorable the first minister of Duffy, and His Exalted Majesty Night Blooming Ceres, monarch of the Moon, emperor of the Starry Isles, etc., etc., relative to the construction of the Imperial, lunar, grand, mid-air, lunatic governmental railway - Canadiana - Retrieved 8 December 2020
  2. The Legion of Space - Jack Williamson - Astounding Science Fiction Volume 14 #1 - Published September 1934 - Page 135 - Retrieved 26 March 2024
  3. Space: 1999 - IMDB - Retrieved 8 December 2020
  4. Cyclops - Goodreads - Retrieved 8 December 2020
  5. Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War - Atop the Fourth Wall - 9 September 2016 - Retrieved 23 February 2021
  6. Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War - Atop the Fourth Wall - Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall - 19 September 2016 - YouTube - Retrieved 23 February 2021
  7. The Road Not Taken - IMDB - Retrieved 24 October 2021
  8. Moonfall - IMDB - Retrieved 2 September 2021