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The Earth's moon is called Luna. That is where we get the terms lunar eclipse, lunar landing, etc.     ANSWER:   The name of the moon is simply Moon. As ans â¦ wered above, the word Luna is latin for the word moon. Now that we no longer, or have never spoke Latin, we call it the moon.
Types of Moons. Full Moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. The tribes kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurring full Moon.Their names were applied to the entire month in which each occurred.There was some variation in the Moon names, but in general, the same ones were current throughout the Algonquin tribes from New England to Lake Superior.ugust-Full Sturgeon Moon-The Red Moon-Grain Moon-Corn Moon The fishing tribes are given credit for the naming of this Moon, since sturgeon, a large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water, were most readily caught during this month.