The Moon

The Moon is the natural satellite orbiting the Earth. At an average distance of 384,403 kilometers (or nearly a quarter million miles) from the Earth, the moon serves as a source of illumination at night, but only through reflected light from the Sun.
With its tendency to light up the night sky, and its ability to eclipse the sun, the Moon has long held a fascination for humankind. However, while some might like to visit for one afternoon, outside of professional astronauts, some have stated that they don't think they'd like to live there. Notable space exploration agencies include NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and its counterpart WASA, the Worm Aeronautics and Space Administration.
In 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 11 mission, which became the first such mission to successfully land Earth's inhabitants. Commander Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon, and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the second. Aldrin's experience gave him great insight into the moon's geological structure; in Sesame Street Episode 4090, he shares that expertise with Cookie Monster, assuring him that the moon is made of rock and is not, in fact, a cookie. Not to be outdone by Aldrin and the human race, in 1997, WASA sent Slimey the Worm on a space mission, making him the first worm on the moon.
==The Moon as a character==
The moon, due to its round shape and topographical craters which at times resemble facial features, has often prompted anthropomorphic representations, such as The Man in the Moon and the moon in "Elmo's World: Sky." It is believed that the one true moon is in fact Luna, good friend to Bear on Bear in the Big Blue House. The moon, in its crescent phase, resembles a letter C. It is not, however, a cookie. 
Moon-WheredoIbelong.jpg|"Where Do I Belong?"Sesame Street
Luna.harvest.jpg|LunaBear in the Big Blue House
MGS-heydiddlediddle.png|The Moon"Hey Diddle Diddle"
Character.maninmoon.jpg|The Man in the Moon"Man in the Moon"
JoeyM-Moon.jpg|The Moon (Joey Mazzarino)"Elmo's World: Sky"
MB112-Moon.png|"From a Galaxy Far, Far Away..."
MB204-TheMoon.png|"The Great Cookie Robbery"
MuppetBabies-(2018)-115-TheTeethChatteringTaleOfTheHauntedPancakes-SummerMoon.png|Summer moon (storyteller)"The Teeth Chattering Tale of the Haunted Pancakes"
MuppetBabies-(2018)-S02E11-GonzosCleanSweep-ElvisMoon.png|Elvis Presley moon"Gonzo's Clean Sweep"
JenB-NTL105.jpg|Ms. Moon (Jennifer Barnhart)"The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo"
The Moon My Abby Nighttime.jpg|The Moon (Ryan Dillon)"My Abby: Nighttime"
ComicStrip-Moon.png|The Muppets comic strip,June 6, 1985
==Characters who have been to the Moon==
dogcitymoon1.jpg|Heel ArfstrongDog City Episode 111
dogcitymoon2.jpg|Ace Hart, Bugsy Vile, & Bestov BreedDog City Episode 111
Skeeter on the moon.JPG|Gonzo, Kermit, & SkeeterGonzo and the Great Race
BB-Moon.png|Big BirdPBS interstitial
Lunabird.jpg|Big BirdLuna Bird
Moon.cookie.jpg|Cookie Monster"If Moon Was Cookie"
Cowmoon.jpg|The cowSesame Street News Flash
Moon.elmo.jpg|Elmo"Sky"
Moon.elmo-lavender.jpg|Elmo"Elmo and the Lavender Moon"
Elmo-imagination-moon.jpg|Elmo"In Your Imagination"
Oneworldonesky2.jpg|Elmo and Hu Hu ZhuOne World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure
Ernieonthemoon.jpg|Ernie"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon"
ImaginationAnimated.jpg|Ernie"Imagination"
Moon.erniebert.jpg|Ernie and BertBig Bird's Book About the Earth and Sky
4142j.jpg|Glo WormEpisode 4142
Hi tech 1987 astro grover 1.jpg|GroverAstro-Grover
Moon.grover.jpg|GroverThe Sesame Street 1976 Calendar
Grover_on_the_Moon.JPG|GroverThe Sesame Street Dictionary
Grover moon Happy Healthy Monsters.jpg|GroverHappy Healthy Monsters
Moon.kermit.jpg|KermitKermit's World Tour
kermit moon cbook.png|KermitGreat Muppets in American History
MuppetsTVmoon.jpg|Kermit, Piggy, & FozzieMuppets TV (Episode 101)
Martians-moon.jpg|The MartiansSesame Street sketch
Othmar-moon.jpg|Othmar the Grouch and OscarSesame Street Episode 1755
3740-moon.jpg|Slimey and WASA"Slimey to the Moon"
Moon.tutter.jpg|Tutter"When I'm Older"
Zoe moon Imagine with Elmo book.jpg|ZoeImagine with Elmo
Let's Visit 03.jpg|Baby Fozzie, Baby Kermit, Baby Gonzo, Baby Piggy in theLet's Visit... pop-up book
MuppetBabies-(2018)-S01E18-SummerTheGreat-MoonDestroyed.png|Summer Penguin destroys the moon"Summer the Great"
MB2018 120 Lunar Lander.jpg|Summer Penguin and Rizzo"Puppy for a Day"
MuppetBabies-(2018)-S02E09-ToTheMoon.png|Beaker 2.0 & Bunsen 2.0"Beaker 2.0"
MuppetBabies-(2018)-S02E11-ElvisMoon.png|Gonzo, Fozzie and Summer Penguin"Gonzo's Clean Sweep"
MuppetBabies-(2018)-S02E13-BestFriendsFixerUppers-OnTheMoon.png|Piggy, Summer, Fozzie, Bunsen, Beaker, Kermit, Gonzo and Animal"Best Friends Fixer Uppers"
Kermit-TwinkleTwinkle.png|Baby KermitDisney Junior Music: Nursery Rhymes video "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
DisneyJuniorMusic-17-Lullabies-StartUpYourImagination-MoonAndPlanets.png|Baby AnimalDisney Junior Music: Lullabies video "Start Up Your Imagination"
==The Moon as seen from Earth==
Buffy-moon.jpg|Buffy sings about cycles of "The Moon"
1847g.jpeg|An eclipseSesame Street Episode 1847
BringThatThing 2.jpg|The Martians and Guy SmileySesame Street sketch
2411k.jpg|Luis serenades MariaSesame Street Episode 2411
3696a.jpg|Slimey wants to go to the moonSesame Street Episode 3696
Kermitsmoon.jpg|KermitThe Muppet Movie
Moon.captured.jpg|Gobo FraggleFraggle Rock "Capture the Moon"
MFS-Promo-TheMuppets&TheMoon.jpg|Muppets from Space promotional image
MMW Kermit moon.png|KermitMuppets Most Wanted
==References to the Moon==
Papermoonww.jpg|Wayne"It's Only a Paper Moon"
Miss piggy moon.jpg|Miss Piggy"Ukelele Lady"
VMX-MissPiggy.jpg|Saltine"Moulin Scrooge"
TMTM-TheMoon.png|Film FinaleThe Muppets Take Manhattan
Bergenmoon.png|Candice Bergen"C is for Cookie"
* The first Grouch landed on the moon as reported in Oscar's 1978 newspaper in A Special Sesame Street Christmas.
* The Starship Surprise visits the Moon in a Sesame Street sketch.
* Awake in his bed at night, Grover imagines that he's on the moon.
* John Crichton calls his father on a cell phone from the moon in the Farscape episode "Bad Timing".
* Mr. Bimbo has been to the moon...twice.
* Floyd Pepper believes that the Earth revolves around the moon (which causes Winter) in The Muppets episode "The Ex-Factor."
* Zoot asks if the moon used in the "Fly Me to the Moon" number in The Muppets episode "Episode 109: Going, Going, Gonzo" is real or from the department store. Floyd says "Ain't no real moon, not since the '70s."
==Merchandise==
Sigt mp.jpg|Miss Piggy Christmas ornament tree topper
==See also==
*Elmo's World: Moon! (book)
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