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Active

1. Abebenjoe (talk · contribs) - Project Apollo and related spacecraft projects
2. Bubba73 (talk · contribs) semi-active
3. GeoWriter (talk · contribs) - lunar geology, lavas
4. IntrplnetSarah (talk · contribs) - lunar geology, lunar sample science
5. talk · contribs
   ) - I'm with Ninney. I can edit and add citations.
6. jstuby (talk · contribs) - Lunar Orbiter images, Apollo images, Landing sites, lunar samples, lunar stratigraphy, geology
7. talk) 23:02, 10 January 2016 (UTC)[reply
   ]
8. Nickrulercreator (talk · contribs) - General information, mainly Apollo program.
9. irb (talk · contribs) - LROC systems administration
10. Physdragon (talk · contribs) - Lunar formation and early evolution
11. Saturn Lover! (talk · contribs)
12. Sdsds (talk · contribs) - current and planned lunar landers
13. Viranga13 (talk · contribs) - Lunar Magma Ocean
14. Volcanoguy (talk · contribs) - Lunar volcanism
15. Jaredscribe (talk · contribs) - Lunisolar calendars used by (mostly) Asian civilizations. Timekeeping and intercalation.
16. 64.121.103.144 (talk · contribs) - Artemis missions
17. Eioua (talk · contribs) - lunar geology, add citations (mainly learning how to improve articles as a new editor)

Inactive

1. Ansi
2. Branson03 - Exploration missions
3. Codenametiger - Astrophysics
4. CommanderSoloho-Astronomy, Observing the Moon for amateurs, anything else that may be needed
5. Dan Tromedlov - Interests in lunar activity
6. David Bigwood
7. e123
8. Geodoc - lunar petrology, geochemistry
9. Lunokhod - Lunar science, geophysics
10. Needamedic - lunar geology, lunar surface features
11. Pico del Teide - lunar observing, lunar surface features
12. Pocketpencil - Project Apollo
13. RJHall - Astronomy, lunar surface features
14. Sdsds - exploration missions, outposts, ISRU
15. Shrewpelt - Lunar missions
16. Uga Man
17. 12dstring (talk · contribs) - Lunar surface features
18. Mathematical Physics & Astrophysics. The Development of the Mathematical Methods for application to problems in the Physics, Space and Motion
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19. Canglesea (talk · contribs) semi-active
20. Dr. Lunatic (talk · contribs) - Lunar petrology, geochemistry, spectroscopy, space weathering
21. talk · contribs
    ) - Planetary geology. Lunar mission.
22. LaughingVulcan (talk · contribs) - Adding sources to Lunar geography articles. Eventually want to start creating articles on features etc.
23. Krj373 (talk · contribs)
24. Ninney (talk · contribs) - My great ways to contribute would be by making minor edits/corrections to articles (e.g., typos, fixing links, adding references to new secondary sources)
25. Purz12 (talk · contribs) - All topics related to subject
26. User:Tomruen/Project_solar_and_lunar_eclipses
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27. Soumya-8974 (talk · contribs) - Apollo program and Artemis program
28. Terry0051 (talk · contribs) - (mainly) History of astronomy, lunar theory
29. Chiefmartinez (talk · contribs) - Mainly Lunar maria

Here is a list of things that

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To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Moon task force: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-09-03 Pages needing attention Moon Human understanding of the Moon The Moon in art and literature Giant impact hypothesis Constraints the theory must satisfy Quality is currently very low Geology of the Moon Description of samples Quality is currently a bit uneven Topography of the Moon refers to Clementine as the source of most recent topography data (should be LRO as of 2018) Robotic exploration of the Moon Future lunar missions Add short description of instrument payloads for each mission. Lunar mare surface compoisition description of volcanic features KREEP Details concerning composition, Europeum anomaly. ALSEP Description of instruments, as well as scientific results Lunar laser ranging Observing the Moon - Guide for amateur astronomers Needs more people to help with this. Preferably, someone who's been stargazing for a substantial amount of time. Hollow Moon - Somebody needs to convert this "debunked theory" articles from the nonsense that it is today. List of features on the Moon Needs more people to contribute to write the huge amount of unwritten articles. Topics needing to be added Moon rocks is too general) Lunar magma ocean Interior structure of the Moon The crust of the Moon The mantle of the Moon The core of the Moon Lunar seismology Lunar terranes (Procellarum KREEP Terrane and Feldspathic Highlands Terrane) Economic exploitation of the Moon (Titanium, He3, Hydrogen at poles) Categorization of lunar surface features (Does this already exist somewhere?) Thermal evolution of the Moon Crater counting Legal status of the Moon

Here are the list of Moon related templates.

What to type	What it makes	Description
{{The Moon}}		A footer for important pages concerning the Moon.
{{ Infobox Lunar crater }}		Infobox for articles about lunar craters
{{Lunar coords and quad cat}}		Creates a hyperlinked set of selenologic coordinates and adds the article to the appropriate quadrangle-specific category.

What to type	What it makes	Description
{{ WikiProject Moon }}	Astronomy: Moon / Solar System NA‑class This article is within the scope of WikiProject Astronomy, which collaborates on articles related to Astronomy on Wikipedia.AstronomyWikipedia:WikiProject AstronomyTemplate:WikiProject AstronomyAstronomy articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. This article is supported by Moon task force. This article is supported by Solar System task force.	A banner to be placed on Talk pages, identifying that this topic is managed by the Moon project.
{{WikiProject Solar System|class=|importance=|moon=|moon-importance=}}	Astronomy: Moon / Solar System NA‑class High‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Astronomy, which collaborates on articles related to Astronomy on Wikipedia.AstronomyWikipedia:WikiProject AstronomyTemplate:WikiProject AstronomyAstronomy articles NA This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by Moon task force (assessed as Top-importance). This article is supported by Solar System task force (assessed as High-importance).	A banner to be placed on Talk pages, identifying that this topic is supported by WikiProject Solar System.

What to type	What it makes	Description
{{Moon-stub}}	This article, which relates to the Moon, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.	General stub for lunar articles.

What to type	What it makes	Description
{{coord}}	code {{coord|0|40|26.69|N|23|28|22.69|E|globe:moon_type:landmark}} result 0°40′26.69″N 23°28′22.69″E / 0.6740806°N 23.4729694°E / 0.6740806; 23.4729694	Creates a link to a Moon Map, copying the style of Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates