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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.
It will be shining bright tonight too! Once again, tonight the moon will be appear to be almost full around 9PM. Now, if you are wondering why we call it a Buck Moon, well the name comes from Native Americans. Buck Moon is just one of three names to represent the July full moon. Some call it Hay Moon because farmerâs are beginning to store their hay. Others call it âThunder Moonâ because of the amount of thunderstorms that occur during this month.