Talk:Moon

Correction to item "apparent orientation". (5.3.1)

Item 5.3.1 states that "In the northern hemisphere it is seen upside down compared to the view in the southern hemisphere. Therefore the Moon's crescent can be seen in the tropics as a smile-shaped crescent Moon."

Actually, the tropics cover an area that spawns both hemispheres. The above phrase is incorrect because it wrongly implies that the tropics region lies entirely below the Equator (only half of it does).

I suggest completely removing the reference to the tropics since it can be confusing. I suggest rewriting the phrase as: "...it is seen upside down compared to the view in the southern hemisphere, where the crescent can be seen as a smile-shaped crescent Moon." PPUGNO (talk) 14:16, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Done. I tweaked the text a little. Praemonitus (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

This has been incorrectly corrected. The original paragraph is correct. When the crescent is left-fasing in the northern hemisphere, it is right-facing in the southern hemisphere, and vice versa. In the (both northern and southern) tropics it is a smile-shaped crescent (as the shape is gradually moving from right-facing to left-facing when passing through the tropics). IlkkaP (talk) 15:53, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Grammatical error

The last 2 sentences of topic “Natural history”, subtopic “Natural development” should be 1 sentence. I’d make the correction myself, but the article is (understandably) protected. Please merge the sentences. 24.112.172.117 (talk) 13:49, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

I retained the two-sentence structure, but deleted "while". I think one sentence would be a bit long. Jean-de-Nivelle (talk) 14:07, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Duplicated lines

Hi, whilst reading I noticed that the following appears twice in the article. "Since pre-historic times people have taken note of the Moon's phases, its waxing and waning, and used it to keep record of time. Tally sticks, notched bones dating as far back as 20–30,000 years ago, are believed by some to mark the phases of the Moon". I assume it's not supposed to appear twice in full, though it is in two different sections. JohnmgKing (talk) 14:28, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Fixed. Thanks for the catch. Praemonitus (talk) 18:58, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Anchor for section Earth–Moon system

Osearth, in this edit, you added anchor Earth–Moon system to the anchor list at § Earth–Moon system. I've temporarily undone this for now. Can you explain what is it you are trying to achieve here? If I understand correctly what I think you want, then the thing to do is add a redirect at page Earth-Moon System that targets this section:

• #REDIRECT [[Moon#Earth–Moon system]].

If there's an issue of hyphen vs. en dash, then add another redirect for the other format, targeting the same location.

By the way, something you didn't mention but I wonder if you ran into: did you notice that when you search for "Earth-Moon system" one of the suggestions is "Earth-moon system", and if you click that, it goes to Orbit of the Moon, and not this article. That is, we have these three that I'm aware of:

• Earth-Moon System (with hyphen) ⟶ Moon#Earth–Moon system
• Earth–Moon system (with en dash) ⟶ Moon#Earth–Moon system
• Earth-moon system (with hyphen) ⟶ Orbit of the Moon
• Earth–moon system (with en dash) ⟶ (nothing)

Two redirects differing only in punctuation and capitalization should normally target the identical article, so that's something else that needs to be fixed. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 02:50, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 14#Earth-moon system, and feel free to give your opinion there. Mathglot (talk) 03:07, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

"Earth–Moon system" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Earth–Moon system and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 14#Earth–Moon system until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 03:37, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 October 2022

The Moon has a crater, 41 KM in dept from an asteroid named gibbous rock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sadasdqwe dwvnfdb (talk • contribs) 22:05, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Attempted Latin is irritating

"The near side of the Moon is marked by dark volcanic maria ("seas")". This is wrong. The Latin for sea is mare, plural mares. Would someone like to correct the text? Professor Bernard (talk) 19:00, 6 November 2022 (UTC). Just noticed that there's lots more of this error. Professor Bernard (talk) 19:15, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

Merriam-Webster, Britannica and Wiktionary claim that the English plural of this sense of mare is maria. Certes (talk) 19:20, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

The Latin plural as well. wikt:la:mare#Declinatio. --Trovatore (talk) 19:24, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

In Latin class, I memorized mare as "mare, maris n. (i-Dekl; Abl. Sg. marī, Nom./Akk. Pl. maria, Gen. Pl. marium)". Giving out the textbook would reveal too much about myself, so PerseusCactus2000Brill p. 105SAT p. 55. Furthermore, the singular of marēs is mās ("the man"). ~~ lol1VNIO (I made a mistake? talk to me) 19:30, 16 November 2022 (UTC); edited 16:22, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Artemis 1

In the future section of History of exploration and human presence it says: "Upcoming lunar missions include Artemis 1 and Russia's first lunar mission, Luna-Glob: an uncrewed lander with a set of seismometers, and an orbiter based on its failed Martian Fobos-Grunt mission" But as of 16/11/22, Artemis 1 has happend. Therefore, I think the mention of Artemis 1 should be moved to "Renewed Exploration" and the photo removed/moved 69.9.205.66 (talk) 18:02, 17 November 2022 (UTC)