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Refering to the moon?

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When you use the term "the moon" in a sentence, does it usually refer to Earth's moon or any moon????

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  1. yes, it would be the Earth's moon.


  2. There is only one planet in the solar system with one moon.  The earth.  All other moons in the solar system would be refered to in a sentence as 'a moon'.  Like 'Titan is a moon of Saturn' , or 'Titan is THE largest MOON of saturn."

  3. My understanding is it means Earth's moon... any other, and I would specify

  4. when you say "the moon" it is referring to the earth's moon

    Most planets that have moons have more than one

  5. It would naturally depend on your context.  When I write, I capitalize "Moon" when I'm speaking of the Earth's, and lower-case "moon" when talking about another planet's satellites or the concept in general.  But this is only my convention; other writers follow different practice.

  6. When you use the term "the moon", it usually refers to Earth's moon.  It is less ambiguous if the capitalize it when speaking of Earth's moon, (the Moon).  If you were discussing another moon, eg:  Ganymede, you would normally say "the moon Ganymede", or Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons".
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