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[[File:Lupin-boggart.jpg|thumb|[[Remus Lupin]]'s [[boggart]] taking a shape of a full moon.]]
  
[[File:Lupin-boggart.jpg|thumb|[[Remus Lupin]]'s [[boggart]] taking a shape of a full moon.]]
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{{Dialogue a-b|Ronald Weasley|It's beautiful, isn't it? The moon.|Harry Potter|Divine.|Ronald Weasley rambles about the moon under the influence of an expired [[Love Potion]].|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)}}
 
The '''Moon''' is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System. The moon's phases and substances are very useful and important in the [[wizarding world]].
  
The '''Moon''' is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System. The moon's phases and substances are very useful and important in the [[wizarding world]].
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The [[mooncalf]] is a creature that only comes out of its burrow during a full moon and then performs a complicated mating dance.<ref name="FB">''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''</ref>
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The presence of a full moon can induce [[basilisk egg]]s to hatch early if given certain other circumstances.<ref name="propreplica">[http://www.yourprops.com/Basilisk-Page-replica-movie-prop-Harry-Potter-and-the-Chamber-of-Secrets-2002-YP59841.html "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Basilisk Page - replica movie prop"] at [http://www.yourprops.com/ Your Props]</ref>
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During the [[1990s]], there was a [[portrait of a witch flying to the moon]] seventh-floor level of the [[Grand Staircase]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
   
 
==[[Potion]]s==
  
==[[Potion]]s==
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The phases of the Moon influence the making of potions, as studied by [[Hesper Starky]]. [[Veritaserum]] takes a full moon cycle to mature<ref name="OP32">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Chapter 32 - (''Out of the Fire'')</ref> and when making [[Polyjuice Potion]], the [[fluxweed]] for it must be picked during the full moon.<ref name="CS10">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 10 - (''The Rogue Bludger'')</ref>
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[[Moondew]] is a magical substance extracted from the moon, persumably used in potions. Its properties were discovered in medieval times by druidess [[Cliodna]]. Also, the phases of the Moon influence the making of potions, as studied by [[Hesper Starky]]. [[Veritaserum]] takes a full moon cycle to mature.
  
   
 
==Diseases==
  
==Diseases==
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It was believed by medieval [[Healer]]s that taking the liver of a [[toad]], binding it tight about the victim's throat and standing naked by the full moon in a barrel of eels' eyes would cure [[spattergroit]]. [[Wizardkind|Wizards]] infected with [[lycantrophy]] transform into a [[Werewolf]] if exposed to the full moon's rays.
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It was believed by medieval [[Healer]]s that taking the liver of a [[toad]], binding it tight about the victim's throat and standing naked by the full moon in a barrel of eels' eyes would cure [[spattergroit]]. [[Wizardkind|Wizards]] infected with [[lycanthropy]] transform into a [[Werewolf]] if exposed to the full moon's rays.
   
 
==History==
  
==History==
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In the summer of [[1992]], moonlight was streaming through the bars of Harry's window in [[The Smallest Bedroom]] as [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]], [[Fred and George Weasley]] arrived by [[Flying Ford Anglia|flying car]] to rescue him from [[4 Privet Drive]].<ref name="CS2">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 2 - (''Dobby's Warning'')</ref> As they made their escape, the car "shot suddenly toward the moon" when [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] put his foot down on the accelerator.<ref name="CS3">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 3 - (''The Burrow'')</ref>
  
In the summer of [[1992]], moonlight was streaming through the bars of Harry's window in [[The Smallest Bedroom]] as [[Ronald Weasley|Ron]], [[Fred and George Weasley]] arrived by [[Flying Ford Anglia|flying car]] to rescue him from [[4 Privet Drive]].<ref name="CS2">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 2 - (''Dobby's Warning'')</ref> As they made their escape, the car "shot suddenly toward the moon" when [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] put his foot down on the accelerator.<ref name="CS3">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 3 - (''The Burrow'')</ref>
   
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At approximately one o'clock in the morning on [[31 July]], [[1993]], the moon was large, full and golden, and silhouetted [[Errol]], [[Hedwig]] and an [[owl]] sent by [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] as they flew to [[4 Privet Drive|his house]] with birthday wishes and, in the case of the latter, a form for [[Dursley family|Harry's guardian]]s to sign so that he could go to [[Hogsmeade]]<ref name="PoA1">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 1 - (''Owl Post'')</ref>
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At approximately one o'clock in the morning on [[31 July]], [[1993]], the moon was large, full and golden, and silhouetted by [[Errol]], [[Hedwig]] and an [[owl]] sent by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they flew to [[4 Privet Drive|his house]] with birthday wishes and, in the case of the latter, a form for [[Dursley family|Harry's guardians]] to sign so that he could go to [[Hogsmeade]]<ref name="PoA1">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 1 - (''Owl Post'')</ref>
   
 
As Harry Potter went to bed on the night of [[5 February]], [[1994]], he twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight.<ref name="PA13">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 13 - (''Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw'')</ref>
  
As Harry Potter went to bed on the night of [[5 February]], [[1994]], he twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight.<ref name="PA13">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 13 - (''Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw'')</ref>
   
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In the early evening of [[6 June]], 1994, thick clouds covered the moon, although later that night when Ron Weasley, [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Sirius Black]], [[Professor]] [[Remus Lupin|Lupin]] and [[Peter Pettigrew]] left the [[Shrieking Shack]] through the entrance at the base of the [[Whomping Willow]], the clouds moved aside to reveal a full moon, and [[Remus Lupin|Lupin]], who was a [[werewolf]], transformed<ref name="PoA20">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 20 - (''The Dementors' Kiss'')</ref>
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In the early evening of [[6 June]], 1994, thick clouds covered the moon, although later that night when Ron Weasley, [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Sirius Black]], [[Professor]] [[Remus Lupin|Lupin]] and [[Peter Pettigrew]] left the [[Shrieking Shack]] through the entrance at the base of the [[Whomping Willow]], the clouds moved aside to reveal a full moon, and [[Remus Lupin|Lupin]], who was a [[werewolf]], transformed.<ref name="PoA20">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', Chapter 20 - (''The Dementors' Kiss'')</ref>
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On the evening of [[30 October]], 1994, as the students of Hogwarts greeted the delegations from [[Beauxbatons Academy of Magic|Beauxbatons]] and [[Durmstrang Institute|Durmstrang]], a pale, transparent-looking moon shone down over the [[Forbidden Forest]].<ref name="GF15">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Chapter 15 - (''Beauxbatons and Durmstrang'')</ref>
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In early [[1995]], as Harry Potter travelled to the [[Prefects' bathroom]] to work out the [[golden egg]] clue, the corridors of Hogwarts were moon-lit.<ref name="GF25">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Chapter 25 - (''The Egg and the Eye'')</ref> In February of that year, as he searched more and more desperately for a way to survive for up to an hour in the [[Great Lake]], its "dark and icy depths" started to seem to him "as distant as the moon."<ref name="GF26">''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Chapter 26 - (''The Second Task'')</ref>
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During the summer holidays of 1995, ''[[The Quibbler]]'' published an interview with a wizard who claimed to have flown to the moon on a [[Cleansweep Six]] and brought back a bag of [[Moon Frog]]s to prove it.<ref name="OP10">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Chapter 10 - (''Luna Lovegood'')</ref>
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In [[April]] [[1997]], on the night that Rubeus Hagrid buried [[Aragog]], the moon glistened palely through the trees and illuminated Aragog's body.<ref name="HBP22">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Chapter 22 - (''After the Burial'')</ref>
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In June of that year, the moon was crescent on the night of the [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] attack on Hogwarts.<ref name="HBP28">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Chapter 28 - (''Flight of the Prince'')</ref>
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Sometime prior to [[27 July]] of that year, on the night of [[Charity Burbage]]'s [[Death|murder]], the moon was out and shown down upon [[Severus Snape]] and [[Yaxley]] as they paid a visit to [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] at [[Malfoy Manor]].<ref name="DH1">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Chapter 1 - (''The Dark Lord Ascending'')</ref>
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In December of that year, a ghostly moon hung behind the [[Lovegood house]] in the afternoon sky as Harry, Ron and Hermione visited it.<ref name="DH20">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Chapter 20 - (''Xenophilius Lovegood'')</ref>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
  
==Behind the scenes==
 
[[File:CS C3.jpg|thumb|80px|Flying Ford Anglia in front of the moon]]
  
[[File:CS C3.jpg|thumb|80px|Flying Ford Anglia in front of the moon]]
 
*[[Mary GrandPré]]'s chapter-header illustration for Chapter 3 ("[[The Burrow]]") of the [[United States|U.S.]] edition of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' depicts the Flying Ford Anglia in front of a full moon.
  
*[[Mary GrandPré]]'s chapter-header illustration for Chapter 3 ("[[The Burrow]]") of the [[United States|U.S.]] edition of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' depicts the Flying Ford Anglia in front of a full moon.
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*In the depiction of the [[Riddle House]] on the night of the murder of [[Frank Bryce]] on ''[[Pottermore]]'', the moon is shown to be crescent.<ref name="pottermore">[http://www.pottermore.com/en-us/book4/chapter1/moment1 ''Pottermore'' - Book 4, Chapter 1, Moment 1 - The House on the Hill]</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
  
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*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
  
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==Notes and references==
  
==Notes and references==

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Lupin-boggart

Remus Lupin's boggart taking a shape of a full moon.

Ronald Weasley: "It's beautiful, isn't it? The moon."
Harry Potter: "Divine."
— Ronald Weasley rambles about the moon under the influence of an expired Love Potion.[src]

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System. The moon's phases and substances are very useful and important in the wizarding world.

The mooncalf is a creature that only comes out of its burrow during a full moon and then performs a complicated mating dance.[1]

The presence of a full moon can induce basilisk eggs to hatch early if given certain other circumstances.[2]

During the 1990s, there was a portrait of a witch flying to the moon seventh-floor level of the Grand Staircase at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Potions

The phases of the Moon influence the making of potions, as studied by Hesper Starky. Veritaserum takes a full moon cycle to mature[3] and when making Polyjuice Potion, the fluxweed for it must be picked during the full moon.[4]

Diseases

It was believed by medieval Healers that taking the liver of a toad, binding it tight about the victim's throat and standing naked by the full moon in a barrel of eels' eyes would cure spattergroit. Wizards infected with lycanthropy transform into a Werewolf if exposed to the full moon's rays.

History

Moonlight lit the grounds of the Forbidden Forest in 1992 as Rubeus Hagrid conducted a detention for Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom there. During the detention, after an encounter with centaurs, he described them as being "ruddy stargazers" who are "not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon."[5]

In the summer of 1992, moonlight was streaming through the bars of Harry's window in The Smallest Bedroom as Ron, Fred and George Weasley arrived by flying car to rescue him from 4 Privet Drive.[6] As they made their escape, the car "shot suddenly toward the moon" when Fred put his foot down on the accelerator.[7]

At approximately one o'clock in the morning on 31 July, 1993, the moon was large, full and golden, and silhouetted by Errol, Hedwig and an owl sent by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as they flew to his house with birthday wishes and, in the case of the latter, a form for Harry's guardians to sign so that he could go to Hogsmeade[8]

As Harry Potter went to bed on the night of 5 February, 1994, he twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight.[9]

In the early evening of 6 June, 1994, thick clouds covered the moon, although later that night when Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Sirius Black, Professor Lupin and Peter Pettigrew left the Shrieking Shack through the entrance at the base of the Whomping Willow, the clouds moved aside to reveal a full moon, and Lupin, who was a werewolf, transformed.[10]

On the evening of 30 October, 1994, as the students of Hogwarts greeted the delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, a pale, transparent-looking moon shone down over the Forbidden Forest.[11]

In early 1995, as Harry Potter travelled to the Prefects' bathroom to work out the golden egg clue, the corridors of Hogwarts were moon-lit.[12] In February of that year, as he searched more and more desperately for a way to survive for up to an hour in the Great Lake, its "dark and icy depths" started to seem to him "as distant as the moon."[13]

During the summer holidays of 1995, The Quibbler published an interview with a wizard who claimed to have flown to the moon on a Cleansweep Six and brought back a bag of Moon Frogs to prove it.[14]

In April 1997, on the night that Rubeus Hagrid buried Aragog, the moon glistened palely through the trees and illuminated Aragog's body.[15]

In June of that year, the moon was crescent on the night of the Death Eater attack on Hogwarts.[16]

Sometime prior to 27 July of that year, on the night of Charity Burbage's murder, the moon was out and shown down upon Severus Snape and Yaxley as they paid a visit to Lord Voldemort at Malfoy Manor.[17]

In December of that year, a ghostly moon hung behind the Lovegood house in the afternoon sky as Harry, Ron and Hermione visited it.[18]

Behind the scenes

CS C3

Flying Ford Anglia in front of the moon

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  2. ↑ "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Basilisk Page - replica movie prop" at Your Props
  3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 32 - (Out of the Fire)
  4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 10 - (The Rogue Bludger)
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 - (The Forbidden Forest)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 2 - (Dobby's Warning)
  7. ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 3 - (The Burrow)
  8. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 1 - (Owl Post)
  9. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 13 - (Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw)
  10. ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 20 - (The Dementors' Kiss)
  11. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 15 - (Beauxbatons and Durmstrang)
  12. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 25 - (The Egg and the Eye)
  13. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26 - (The Second Task)
  14. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10 - (Luna Lovegood)
  15. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 22 - (After the Burial)
  16. ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 - (Flight of the Prince)
  17. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 1 - (The Dark Lord Ascending)
  18. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 20 - (Xenophilius Lovegood)
  19. ↑ Pottermore - Book 4, Chapter 1, Moment 1 - The House on the Hill
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