Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

, named "Luna" in Latin *

Luna (goddess) In ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin ''Lūna'' ). She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Luna is also sometimes represented as an aspect of the Roma ...

, the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to:

Places

Philippines

Luna, Apayao Luna, officially the Municipality of Luna, ( ilo, Ili ti Luna; tl, Bayan ng Luna), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,297 people. It currently serves as the ...

Luna, Isabela Luna, officially the Municipality of Luna ( ilo, Ili ti Luna; tl, Bayan ng Luna), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,697 people. Luna was formerly known a ...

Luna, La Union Luna, officially the Municipality of Luna ( ilo, Ili ti Luna; fil, Bayan ng Luna), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,318 people. Luna is from San Ferna ...

Luna, San Jose San Jose, officially the Municipality of San Jose ( Surigaonon: ''Lungsod nan San Jose''; ceb, Lungsod sa San Jose; tl, Bayan ng San Jose), is a 4th class municipality and capital of the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. According to th ...

Romania

* Luna,

Negrești-Oaș Negrești-Oaș (; hu, Avasfelsőfalu, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a town in northwestern Romania, in the county of Satu Mare. Two villages, Luna (''Lunaforrás'') and Tur (''Túrvékonya''), are administered by the town. The name ''Negrești' ...

town, Satu Mare County *

Luna, Cluj Luna ( hu, Aranyoslóna; german: Lone) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. Villages The commune is composed of three villages: Gligorești (formerly ''Sămărtinu Sărat''; ''Sószentmárton''), Luna (''Aranyoslóna'') and Lunca ...

* Luna de Jos,

Dăbâca Dăbâca ( hu, Doboka; german: Dobeschdorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Dăbâca, Luna de Jos (''Kendilóna''), and Pâglișa (''Poklostelke''). Geography The commune lies on the banks of ...

Commune, Cluj County * Luna de Sus,

Florești, Cluj Florești ( hu, Szászfenes; german: Deutsch Branndorf) is a commune in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Florești, Luna de Sus (''Magyarlóna'') and Tăuți (''Kolozstótfalu'') and is part of the Cluj-Napoca ...

Luna River The Lonea (also: ''Luna'') is a left tributary of the river Someșul Mic in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukrain ...

United States

* Luna, Arkansas *

Luna, Missouri Luna is an extinct town in Ozark County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. The community is on a ridge between Bryant Creek to the east and Pine Creek to the west and is located on Missouri Route FF. Zanoni ...

Luna, Minnesota Luna is an unincorporated community in southern Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The community lies approximately four miles north of Warren along U.S. Route 75 U.S. Route 75 is a major north–south United States Numbered Highwa ...

Luna, New Mexico Luna is a census-designated place in northwestern Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 158. It is situated on the San Francisco River and U.S. Route 180, east of the Arizona border and nort ...

Luna County, New Mexico Luna County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,095. Its county seat is Deming. This county abuts the Mexican border. Luna County comprises the Deming, NM Micropolitan Statistical ...

Luna Island Luna Island is a very small uninhabited island in the Niagara River, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Location and features Luna Island is in Niagara Falls, New York between Goat Island (New York), Goat Island and Niagara Falls St ...

, in Niagara Falls, New York *

Luna Lake (Arizona) Luna Lake is a natural body of water that covers approximately of land. It is located about three miles (5 km) southeast of Alpine, Arizona, at the elevation of , and is the centerpiece of the Luna Lake Wildlife Area. Luna Lake has the dist ...

, a natural body of water *

Luna Pier, Michigan Luna Pier is a city in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,382 at the 2020 census. The city is located north of the Ohio state border along the coast of Lake Erie. Previously known as Lakewood, it was established i ...

, a city

Other places

Luna (Etruria) Luni is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of La Spezia, in the easternmost end of the Liguria region of northern Italy. It was founded by the Romans as Luna. It gives its name to Lunigiana, a region spanning eastern Liguria and nor ...

, a city in ancient Etruria (now Italy) destroyed by the Arabs in 1016 *

Luna, Aragon Luna is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain. It is in the judicial district of Ejea de los Caballeros in the northeast of the province. It is 65 km from Zaragoza. According to the 2009 census (INE INE, Ine ...

, Spain *

Luna, Rajasthan Luna is a village in Rajasthan, India, famous as the birthplace of Mehdi Hassan. It is a panchayat village2011 Village Panchayat Code for Luna = 35635, in Al sisarTehseel of Jhunjhunu District Jhunjhunu district is a district of the India ...

, India *

Luna forest In Ptolemy's ''Geography'' (book 2, chapter 10), the Luna forest (Latin ''Luna silva'', Greek ''Louna hule'') is a geographical feature whose location is not known now with any certainty. According to Ptolemy, the forest was located on the north b ...

, on the north bank of the Danube, according to Ptolemy *

Luna Peak (disambiguation) Luna Peak may refer to: * Luna Peak (Washington) Luna Peak is the highest mountain in the Picket Range, an extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the United States, American state of Washington (U.S. state), Washington. It is located ...

* Roverè della Luna, a commune in Italy * Luna, former name of

Louny Louny (; german: Laun) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Ohře. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic) ...

, a town in the Czech Republic

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional entities

Luna (comics) The following is a list of known fictional characters who are Inhumans, a race of superhumans appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Known Inhumans Inhuman Royal Family The Inhuman Royal Family are the ruling class of ...

, in comic books published by Marvel Comics * ''Luna'', a class of starship in ''Star Trek: Titan'' * Luna, a moon and character in children's TV series ''

Let's Go Luna! ''Let's Go Luna!'' is an educational animated children's television series created by Joe Murray for PBS Kids. Murray formerly worked on the Nickelodeon animated series ''Rocko's Modern Life'' and Cartoon Network animated series '' Camp Lazlo'' ...

Film, television and radio

* ''Luna'' (1965 film), a Soviet popular science and science fiction film * ''La Luna'' (1979 film), an Italian film by Bernardo Bertolucci * ''Luna'', a 1995 Spanish film by

Alejandro Amenábar Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972) is a Spanish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine Goya Award for Best Director, Goyas—including a Goya Award for Best Director for his 2001 film ''The Othe ...

* ''Luna'', a 2014 British film by

Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpt ...

* ''Luna'' (2017 film), written and directed by Khaled Kaissar * ''Luna'' (TV series), a 1983-84 UK children's TV show *

Luna (XM) Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Romania ...

, XM Radio channel 95 *

Luna radio ''For the airport serving Willoughby, Ohio assigned the ICAO code KLNN, see Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport.'' KLNN (103.7 FM), known as Luna, is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Questa, New Mexico, ...

, the US FM radio station KLNN *

Radio Luna Radio Luna is a radio station in Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Podgorica , coordinates = , largest_city ...

, a radio station in Montenegro *

RTV Luna Radio Televizija Luna () is a television and radio company in Montenegro. Its headquarters are in Plav. It provides TV Luna and Radio Luna Radio Luna is a radio station in Montenegro ) , image_map = Europe-Montenegro.svg , ...

, a television and radio company in Montenegro

Literature

* ''Luna'' (Odier novel), a 1979 novel by Delacorta * ''Luna'' (Peters novel), a 2004 novel by Julie Anne Peters

Music

Performers

Luna (1970s American band) Orchestra Luna was an American rock and roll band of the 1970s who had two incarnations, the first producing a hard-to-categorize mixture of cabaret, Broadway musicals, and rock, and the second a somewhat more traditional mix of pop and rock. Rick ...

, a 1970s rock and roll band from Boston, Massachusetts *

Luna (1980s Serbian band) Luna ( sr-cyr, Луна; trans. ''Moon, The Moon'') was a Serbian and SFRY, former Yugoslav post-punk/gothic rock band from Novi Sad. Formed on the ashes of the New wave music, new wave band La Strada (band), La Strada and getting the name by th ...

, a 1980s post-punk/gothic rock band from Novi Sad, Serbia *

Luna (1990s American band) Luna is an American rock band formed in 1991 by singer and guitarist Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500. Described by ''Rolling Stone'' as "the best band you’ve never heard of," Luna combine intricate guitar work, traditional rock r ...

, an alternative rock band from New York City, New York *

Luna (1990s Serbian band) Luna ( sr, Луна) is a popular pop group from Serbia with considerable popularity throughout the former Yugoslavia. The key group member is multi-instrumentalist and composer Čeda Čvorak (born Čedomir Rajičić). They released ten studio albu ...

, a male/female pop group from Serbia

Albums

* ''Luna'' (Ana Gabriel album), 1993 * ''Luna'' (Faun album), 2014 * ''Luna'' (National Product album), 2007 * ''Luna'' (The Aliens album), 2008 * ''Luna'', a 2004 album by

Claudia Acuña Claudia Acuña (July 31, 1971, Santiago) is a Chilean jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger. Biography Born July 3 1971 in Santiago and raised in Concepcion, she was inspired as a child to perform a variety of music, including folk, pop and op ...

* ''Luna'', a 2008 album by

Tomasz Budzyński Tomasz Maciej Budzyński (born 2 October 1962) is Polish musician, painter and poet, the lead vocalist of the band Armia. He has worked with bands ''2Tm2,3'', ''Budzy i Trupia Czaszka'', he was also first vocalist of punk rock band '' Siekiera' ...

Songs

* "Luna" (Beni Arashiro song) * "Luna" (Eddy Lover song), 2008 * "Luna", by Juanes from ''

Un Día Normal ''Un Día Normal'' (English: ''A Normal Day'') is the second studio album recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes, It was released by Surco Records on 21 May 2002. The album was remastered in 2022 for its 20th anniversary. Album informati ...

'', 2002 * "Luna", by Arisa Mizuki from ''

Arisa Rosalba Pippa (born 20 August 1982), better known by her stage name Arisa, is an Italian singer and actress. Early life Arisa was born in Genoa, Italy. A week after her birth, her family moved back to their original hometown, Pignola, a villag ...

'' * "Luna", by Moonspell from ''

Memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...

'' * "Luna", by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers from the album ''

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer S ...

'' * "Luna", by The Smashing Pumpkins from ''

Siamese Dream ''Siamese Dream'' is the second studio album by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on July 27, 1993, on Virgin Records. Despite recording sessions fraught with difficulties and tensions, ''Siamese Dream'' debuted at num ...

'' * "Luna", by

Alessandro Safina Alessandro Safina () is an Italian operatic pop tenor. Born in Siena, Italy, Safina has sought to combine his interests in opera and modern pop music. Music education Safina began to study music when he was nine years old and attended a music ...

* "Luna", by

Bombay Bicycle Club Bombay Bicycle Club are an English indie rock band from Crouch End, London, consisting of Jack Steadman, Jamie MacColl, Suren de Saram, and Ed Nash. They are guitar-fronted and have experimented with different genres, including folk, electron ...

* "Luna", by Zoé from their album ''

Reptilectric ''Reptilectric'' is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Zoé (band), Zoé, released in October 2008 through EMI Music. It was produced by Phil Vinall, who had previously worked with Radiohead and Placebo (band), Placebo. The album debut ...

'' * "Luna", by Ana Gabriel from her album ''

Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Romania * ...

'', 1993 * "Luna", by

Gianluigi Di Franco Gianluigi Di Franco (5 January 1953, in Capri – 19 March 2005, in Naples) was an Italian singer. In the early 1970s he joined the brothers Corrado and Danilo Rustici and formed the progressive rock band Cervello. The group disbanded after one alb ...

, 1988 * "Luna", by

Gianni Togni Gianni Togni (born 24 July 1956 in Rome) is an Italian singer. He begins his musical experience with the album ''In una simile circostanza'' (1975), he obtained a notable success in 1980 with the single "Luna", from the album ''... E in quel mom ...

, 1980 * "La Luna" (song), a song by Belinda Carlisle * "Luna", by Hayley Kiyoko from ''

Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling. The word was originally coined in ...

'', 2022 * "Luna", by

Oneus Oneus (Korean: 원어스, pronounced as "One Us") is a South Korean boy band formed by RBW. The group consists of five members: Seoho, Leedo, Keonhee, Hwanwoong and Xion. Originally a six member group, Ravn left the group on October 27, 2022. T ...

, 2021

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Luna'' (sculpture), by Ellen Tykeson in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

Businesses and brands

LUNA Bar LUNA Bars is a brand of nutrition bars created by Clif Bar & Company in 1999. The original product was the first energy bar aimed at women. The brand has expanded to cover nutritional drinks, protein bars, and LUNAFEST, a women's film festival. ...

, an energy bar marketed to women by Clif Bar & Co *

Luna Guitars Luna Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Luna, is a musical instrument company that manufactures string and percussion instruments. Its range of products include steel-string acoustic guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, cajones, kalimbas, and bot ...

, a guitar manufacturer * Luna Innovations, a company based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States *

Luna Lounge Luna Lounge was a bar and music club located at 171 Ludlow Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Opened in 1995 by Dianne Galliano and Robert Sacher, it was a popular venue for local bands and stand-up comics (the rock band Interpol played there ...

, a former bar in Manhattan, New York, U.S. *

Luna Park Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks. They are named after, and partly based on, the first Luna Park, which opened in 1903 during the heyday of large Coney Island parks. Luna parks are small-sc ...

, various amusement parks *

Luna Publications Luna Publications is a literary publishing company located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2006 by Goran Simic, a writer of poetry, essays, short stories and theatre. His associates include business partner Vishja Brcic, editor Frase ...

, a literary publishing company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

People

Luna (name) Luna is an Italian and Spanish given name of Latin origin. It means ''Moon''. In Roman mythology, Luna was the divine personification of the Moon. It is a name that has risen in popularity in recent years, in part due to its use for a character in ...

, including a list of people and characters with this given name and surname *

Luna (footballer) Francisco Javier Aguilera Blanco (born 23 September 1971), commonly known as Luna and sometimes Paco Luna, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After having spent the early part of his career in his country, his ...

(born 1971), Spanish former professional footballer *

Luna (South Korean singer) Park Sun-young (born August 12, 1993), known professionally as Luna, is a South Korean singer, musical actress and television presenter. She debuted as a member of girl group f(x) in September 2009. Apart from her group's activities, Luna has ...

(born 1993), member of South Korean girl group f(x) *

Luna (Ukrainian singer) Krystyna Viktorivna Bardash (; uk, Кристина Вікторівна Бардаш, ; born 28 August 1990), better known as Luna ( uk, Луна), is a Ukraine, Ukrainian indie pop singer-songwriter, model and, formerly, photographer. Biog ...

(born 1990), pop singer and songwriter

Science and technology

Biology

Luna (orca) Luna ( – March 10, 2006) also known as L98 or Tsux'iit, was a killer whale (orca) born in Puget Sound. After being separated from his mother while still young, Luna spent five years in Nootka Sound, an ocean inlet of western Vancouver Island, w ...

, orca who lived in Nootka Sound between 2001 and 2006 *

Luna (tree) Luna is the name given in October 1997 to a 1,000-year-old, 200-foot-tall coast redwood tree located near the community of Stafford in Humboldt County, California which was occupied for 738 days by forest activist Julia Butterfly Hill and saved b ...

, a California redwood tree *

Luna moth The Luna moth (''Actias luna'') also known as the American moon moth is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly known as giant silk moths. It has lime-green colored wings and a white body. The larvae ( ...

, (''Actias luna'') a lime-green North American silk moth

Computing and telecommunication

Luna (cryptocurrency) Terra is a blockchain protocol and payment platform used for algorithmic stablecoins. The project was created in 2018 by Terraform Labs, a startup co-founded by Do Kwon and Daniel Shin. It is most known for its Terra stablecoin and the associ ...

Luna (theme) Windows XP visual styles are Skin (computing), customizations of the graphical user interface of Windows XP. "Luna", "Royale", "Zune", and "Embedded" are codenames of the official visual styles designed for Windows XP by Microsoft. Since Windows XP ...

, the codename for the default theme of Windows XP *

LUNA Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Romania * ...

, a computer product line of OMRON Tateishi Electric *

Nokia 8600 Luna The Nokia 8600 Luna is a mobile phone produced by Nokia. It has a stainless steel body, and weighs 140 grams.

, a mobile phone *

Amazon Luna Amazon Luna is a cloud gaming platform developed and operated by Amazon. Luna was announced on September 24, 2020, with early access available to subscribers by invitation beginning on October 20, 2020. In its early access state, Amazon Luna ...

, gaming service

Transportation

Luna (rocket) The Luna 8K72 vehicles were carrier rockets used by the Soviet Union for nine space probe launch attempts in the Luna programme between 23 September 1958 and 16 April 1960. Like many other Soviet launchers of that era the Luna 8K72 vehicles were de ...

, carrier rockets used by the Soviet Union * ''Luna'' (tugboat), a historic US tugboat * ''Luna'' (yacht) *

Luna programme The Luna programme (from the Russian word "Luna" meaning "Moon"), occasionally called ''Lunik'' by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. Fifteen were successful, ...

, a series of Soviet unmanned space missions *

Luna X 2000 Luna X 2000 is a German unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aerial vehicle in service with the Bundeswehr (German Army) and produced by EMT Penzberg of Germany. It is intended for close reconnaissance (''over the hill'', up to away), tra ...

, a German unmanned aerial vehicle *

Kinetic Luna Kinetic Luna is a 50 cc moped that was introduced by Kinetic Engineering in India in 1972. The Kinetic Luna continues to be produced and marketed in India. It is marketed in the USA as Kinetic TFR. A 35 cc version, the Luna Wings, was a ...

, a moped in India * MV ''Luna'', a German passenger ship *

2K6 Luna The 2K6 ''Luna'' (russian: Луна; en, Moon) is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket complex. Luna rockets are solid-fuel, unguided and spin-stabilized. "2K6" is its GRAU designation. Its NATO reporting names are FROG-3 (with 3R9 missile) and ...

, a short-range Soviet ballistic missile *

9K52 Luna-M The 9K52 ''Luna-M'' (russian: Луна; en, moon, NATO reporting name FROG-7) is a Soviet short-range artillery rocket system which fires unguided and spin-stabilized 9M21 rockets. It was originally developed in the 1960s to provide divisional ...

, also known as FROG-7, a Soviet artillery rocket

Other uses

* Luna, a type of small vessel which holds the Host in a

monstrance A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharistic Sa ...