The Council for Children is the leading voice for children in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, passionately representing and protecting children, advocating for their needs and promoting their issues.
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.
In a strictly technical sense, our planet is called Earth because the International Astronomical Union says so. Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic.