How did the moon get its name Luna?

Answer 1

The Latin, Spanish, and Italian name is "Luna", which is also the root of the French lune and the Portugese lua. But the English (moon), Dutch (maan), and German (Mond) are derived from Old Norse mani (moon) or from the Greek mene, which also formed the basis for the Latin mensis (month).
It comes from Greek word menas meaning month.

Answer 2

'Luna' is the Latin name for the Moon. Its legacy is still used in the Romance languages, French , Italian, Spanish.

The Word 'Moon' has its origins in the Germanic languages.

However, when we want to use the adjective for Moon, we use the word 'lunar' as in Lunar Eclipse. We do not say ' moonar eclipse'.

Answer 3

"Moon" is the common name for earth's satelite planet, it is of germanic orgin.

The latin (scientific) name for it is "Luna"

Since astronomers started finding moons around other planets (starting with Callisto the largest moon of Jupiter in 1610) they have refered to the moon of Earth as "luna" to distinguish it from the moons of other planets.

Answer 4

Because there are 4 parts or 4 quarters and for each of the 4 phases the moon has orbited one quarter of the way around the earth. This is why it is called quarter moon when it really looks like a half moon.

Answer 5

The current most widely subscribed-to theory is the Giant Impactor Hypothesis, which supposes that a protoplanet about the size of Mars struck the proto-Earth while the solar system was forming. This "splashed" a lot of magma from Earth, and some of it coalesced in orbit to form the moon.

This hypothetical protoplanet has been given the name Theia, who was the mother of the moon goddess Luna in Greek mythology.

Answer 6

The first quarter moon got its name because the orbit shadow was a quarter part of the moon.

Answer 7

"Moon" comes from a very old Indo-European word that means "bright". The word month derives from the Moon because it takes about to a month to go through its phases.

Answer 8

The 1 quarter is when the moon is between the sun and earth, so half of the lit side and half of the dark is is seen from earth

Answer 9

The Earth's Moon is called "Luna" in Latin.

Everything sounds more official when you say it in Latin or Greek, don't you think?

Answer 10

Moons are named by the discoverers, and confirmed by the International Astronomical Union. There are some standard guidelines; check the link below.