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Selenology
   is the study of   
The Moon
Science & Nature > Ologies


Selenophobia
   is an acute fear of   
The Moon
Language > Phobias


Luna
   is the Roman God of   
The Moon
History & Mythology > Roman Gods


The Stargazers
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
I See the Moon
March 12 1954 for 5 weeks and again April 23 1954 for 1 week

Music > U.K. Number Ones


Showaddywaddy
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
Under The Moon of Love
November 28 1976 for 3 weeks

Music > U.K. Number Ones


The Police
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
Walking On The Moon
December 2 1979 for 1 week

Music > U.K. Number Ones


Man on the Moon (1999)
   has the tagline   
Hello, My Name is Andy and This is My Movie.
Movies > Movie Taglines


1969
      
Man Landed on the Moon
The first man down the steps of the Eagle Lander was Neil Armstrong. Ten years later he saw stars when his ring finger was ripped off in an accident.

History & Mythology > 20th Century Events


Neil Armstrong
   was   
The First Person to Set Foot on the Moon
His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in 1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969.

History & Mythology > Astronauts


Buzz Aldrin
   was   
The Second Man to Set Foot on the Moon
An American aviator and astronaut, who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11

History & Mythology > Astronauts


R.E.M.
   released the single   
Man On The Moon
1993. From the album "Automatic for the People".

Music > Sounds of the 1990s


Pink Floyd
   released the album   
Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Music > Albums of the 1970s


The Dark Side Of The Moon
   featured   
Money
1973

Music > Albums - Pink Floyd


The Dark Side Of The Moon
   featured   
Brain Damage
1973

Music > Albums - Pink Floyd


The Dark Side Of The Moon
   featured   
The Great Gig In The Sky
1973

Music > Albums - Pink Floyd


Diana
   means   
Goddess of the Moon and Hunting
Latin

Misc > Names - Women


Minnaloushe
   appears in   
The Cat and the Moon
From William Butler Yeats' poem

Entertainment > Famous Cats


Lunitidal
   means   
Pertaining to Tidal Movements Dependent on the Moon
Language > Interesting Words


Modest Mouse
   released the album   
The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
Music > Albums of the 2000s


Selenography
   is defined as   
The Study of the Moon
Language > Suffix - graphy


Ozzy Osbourne
   released the album   
Bark At The Moon (1983)
Music > Albums of the 1980s


Sea of Nectar, Sea of Fertility, Sea of Tranquility
   are all   
Places on the Moon
Misc > Common Threads 1


Buzz Aldrin
   wrote   
Reach For the Moon
American pilot and astronaut, was 2nd man on the moon

Arts & Literature > Books - Autobiographies


France
   is the site of   
Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Geography > UNESCO World Heritage Sites


The Moon is Larger in Surface Area Than the United States
   is   
True
The moon has a surface area approximately equal to North and South America combined

Misc > True or False


A Lunar Eclipse Takes Place when the Earth is Directly Between the Sun and the Moon
   is   
True
Misc > True or False


The Same Side of the Moon Always Faces the Earth
   is   
True
Known as near side of the Moon

Misc > True or False


I Got the Sun In The Mornin' (And the Moon at Night)
   has the opening line   
Taking Stock of What I Have and What I Haven't What Do I Find? The Things I Got Will Keep Me Satisfied
Checking up on what I have and what I haven't What do I find? A healthy balance on the credit side. music and lyrics by Irving Berlin for the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun sung by Ethel Merman

Music > Songs - Opening Lines


William Harrison
   wrote the book adapted for the film   
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Based on the 1982 book 'Burton and Speke'

Movies > Films Based On Books


Woodstock, Last Beatles Concert, Manson Murders, Midnight Cowboy, Man on the Moon
   are all   
Major Events of 1969
Misc > Common Threads 2


R. Buckminster Fuller
   wrote   
Nine Chains to the Moon
American visionary, architect, designer, author, 1895-1983

Arts & Literature > Books


First Men in the Moon (1964)
   has the tagline   
H.G.Wells Astounding Adventure on Dynamation
Movies > Movie Taglines


Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton
   was played by Jim Carrey in   
Man on the Moon (1999)
Movies > Films - Jim Carrey


Well It’s Nine in the Afternoon
      
Your Eyes Are the Size of the Moon
From “Nine in the Afternoon” by Panic! At the Disco [from Pretty. Odd.]

Music > Finish the Lyric


James Lovell, Jr.
   was   
The Pilot of Apollo 8, the First Orbit Around the Moon
He also commanded Apollo 13, the mission that had to be aborted because of an explosion on board.

History & Mythology > Astronauts


Apollo 11
   was   
The First Manned Mission to Land on the Moon
A Saturn V launched Apollo 11 from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969 at 13:32 UTC. At 02:56 UTC on July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong made his descent to the Moon's surface and spoke his famous line "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind" six and a half hours after landing.

History & Mythology > Spacecraft


Side
   is missing from the title of   
Dark ___ of the Moon
Pink Floyd (1973)

Music > Albums - Missing Word


Kate Smith
   released the record   
When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain
1931

Music > Sounds of the 1930s


Haunted Heart
   features   
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Music > Albums - Renee Fleming


Temptations of the Moon
   was choreographed by   
Martha Graham
First premiered in 1986. Music by Bela Bartōk.

Arts & Literature > Ballet Choreographers


Neil Armstrong
   was/were the first   
Man on the Moon
1969

History & Mythology > Historical Firsts


Fly Me to the Moon (2008)
   had the voice actors   
Tim Curry, Robert Patrick & Buzz Aldrin
(Belgium) First Designed, created and released solely in 3D.

Movies > Films - Animated


"La Lune Est Le Soleil De Statues"
   means   
The Moon is the Statue's Sun
Jean Cocteau

Language > French Quotations


Selenomancy
   is divination by   
Studying the Moon
Misc > Divination


Selenoscope
   is used for   
Viewing the Moon
Science & Nature > Scientific Instruments


Demander La Lune
   means   
To Ask for the Moon
Language > French Idioms and Proverbs


Gilbert Sorrentino
   wrote   
The Moon in Its Flight
Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories


First Men in the Moon (1964)
      
Edward Judd, Lionel Jeffries and Martha Hyer
H.G. Wells' Astounding Adventure in Dynamation!

Movies > Films - Science Fiction


David Niven
   won the Golden Globe for   
The Moon is Blue
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, 1953

Movies > Golden Globe Awards - Actors


Jim Carrey
   won the Golden Globe for   
Man on the Moon
Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, 1999

Movies > Golden Globe Awards - Actors








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