Ancient socities made many important observations and erected many great monuments realted to astronomical events. Of those many observations that were made many were made of the moon. The moon is a source of boundless fascination because it changes its shape and its location with great rapidity in the sky. This alone would make the Moon fascinating, but it is also our closed neighbor and the only other body, besides the Earth, that humans have walked upon.

There are many beliefs about the moon. Our modern day term lunacy is name after Luna, the Roman goddess of the Moon, because the moon was believed to bring on insanity. Eclipses of the Moon and of the Sun caused by the Moon have lead to armies declaring peace in the middle of battle. Folklore related to the moon could undoubtedly fill up volumes, however we are here to discover

• What role the Moon has in causing eclipses.

• Why does the Moon change its shape?

• Does the Moon affect the Earth in other ways.