{{Youmay|the Earth's natural satellite|[[L. Moon|the Hogwarts student of same surname]]}}
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{{Youmay|Earth's natural satellite|[[Lily Moon|the Hogwarts student of same surname]]}}
[[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>
==[[Potion]]s==
==[[Potion]]s==
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[[Moondew]] is a magicalsubstanceextractedfrom the moon,persumablyusedinpotions.Itspropertieswerediscoveredinmedievaltimesbydruidess [[Cliodna]]. Also, the phasesof the Mooninfluence the making of potions, asstudiedby[[HesperStarky]].
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The phases of the Moon influence the making of potions, as studied by [[Hesper Starky]].[[Veritaserum]] takes a fullmooncycleto mature<ref name="OP32">''[[Harry Potter and the OrderofthePhoenix]]'',Chapter32-(''OutoftheFire'')</ref>andwhenmaking [[Polyjuice Potion]], the [[fluxweed]]for it must be picked during the fullmoon.<ref name="CS10">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter10-(''TheRogue Bludger'')</ref>
==Diseases==
==Diseases==
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.
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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==History==
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Moonlight lit the grounds of the [[Forbidden Forest]] in [[1992]] as [[Rubeus Hagrid]] conducted a [[Discipline at Hogwarts#Detention|detention]] for [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], [[Draco Malfoy]] and [[Neville Longbottom]] there. During the detention, after an encounter with [[centaur]]s, he described them as being "ruddy stargazers" who are "not interested in anythin' closer'n the moon."<ref name="PS15">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', Chapter 15 - (''The Forbidden Forest'')</ref>
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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>
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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 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>
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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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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>
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==Behind the scenes==
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[[File:CS C3.jpg|thumb|80px|Flying Ford Anglia in front of the moon]]
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*[[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.
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]] ''{{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]] ''{{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]'' {{Mention}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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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]]''
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
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==Notes and references==
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{{Astronomy}}
{{Astronomy}}
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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 phases of the Moon influence the making of potions, as studied by Hesper Starky. Veritaserum takes a full moon cycle to mature[2] and when making Polyjuice Potion, the fluxweed for it must be picked during the full moon.[3]
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 lycantrophy transform into a Werewolf if exposed to the full moon's rays.
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.[11] 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."[12]
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.[13]
In April1997, on the night that Rubeus Hagrid buried Aragog, the moon glistened palely through the trees and illuminated Aragog's body.[14]
In June of that year, the moon was crescent on the night of the Death Eater attack on Hogwarts.[15]
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