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 ...

, 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 Roman ...

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

Places

Philippines

* Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela *

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 Fern ...

* Luna, San Jose

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 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 * Luna River

United States

Luna, Arkansas Luna is an unincorporated community in eastern Chicot County, Arkansas, United States. The community sits between the Mississippi River to the northeast and Lake Chicot to the southwest. Lake Chicot State Park lies to the south. Luna is locate ...

* Luna, Missouri * Luna, Minnesota * Luna, New Mexico *

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 Statistic ...

Luna Island Luna Island is a very small uninhabited island in the Niagara River, in the U.S. state of New York. Location and features Luna Island is in Niagara Falls, New York between Goat Island and Niagara Falls State Park. It is between the American Fall ...

, 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 dis ...

, a natural body of water * Luna Pier, Michigan, 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, Spain *

Luna, Rajasthan Luna is a village in Rajasthan, India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the ...

, 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), a mountain in the US * Luna Peak (British Columbia), a mountain in Canada {{Disambiguation ...

* 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 urban monument zone. Administrat ...

, 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 * ''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 sculp ...

* ''Luna'' (2017 film), written and directed by Khaled Kaissar * ''Luna'' (TV series), a 1983-84 UK children's TV show * Luna (XM), XM Radio channel 95 * Luna radio, the US FM radio station KLNN *

Radio Luna Radio Luna is a radio station in Montenegro. Its headquarters are in Plav. It is part of RTV Luna. References Radio stations in Montenegro {{montenegro-media-stub ...

, a radio station in Montenegro * RTV Luna, 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), a 1970s rock and roll band from Boston, Massachusetts * Luna (1980s Serbian band), 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 alb ...

, 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 o ...

* ''Luna'', a 2008 album by Tomasz Budzyński

Songs

* "Luna" (Beni Arashiro song) * "Luna" (Eddy Lover song), 2008 * "Luna", by Juanes from '' Un Día Normal'', 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 villa ...

'' * "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 ...

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

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American Rock music, rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell (musician), Mike Campbell, ...

'' * "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 ...

'' * "Luna", by Alessandro Safina * "Luna", by Bombay Bicycle Club * "Luna", by Zoé from their album ''

Reptilectric ''Reptilectric'' is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Zoé, released in October 2008 through EMI Music. It was produced by Phil Vinall, who had previously worked with Radiohead and Placebo. The album debuted at number one on the Mex ...

'' * "Luna", by Ana Gabriel from her album '' Luna'', 1993 * "Luna", by Gianluigi Di Franco, 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, 2021

Other uses in arts and entertainment

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

Businesses and brands

* LUNA Bar, an energy bar marketed to women by Clif Bar & Co * Luna Guitars, a guitar manufacturer *

Luna Innovations Luna Innovations is an American developer and manufacturer of fiber-optics- and terahertz-based technology products for the aerospace, automotive, communications, defense, energy, infrastructure, security, and silicon photonics industries. It is ...

, a company based in Roanoke, Virginia, United States * Luna Lounge, 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-s ...

, various amusement parks * Luna Publications, 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 ...

, 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 e ...

(born 1993), member of South Korean girl group f(x) * Luna (Ukrainian singer) (born 1990), pop singer and songwriter

Science and technology

Biology

* Luna (orca), orca who lived in Nootka Sound between 2001 and 2006 * Luna (tree), 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) * Luna (theme), the codename for the default theme of Windows XP * LUNA, 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, 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, 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 divisiona ...

, 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 ...