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Moonrise Festival
Moonrise Festival was an annual two-day electronic dance music festival held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, first staged in 2014 and last held in 2023.
Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Anderson's 2012 comedy-drama, co-written with Roman Coppola, about 12-year-olds Sam and Suzy running away on New Penzance island in 1965; it opened Cannes 2012 and grossed $68.3 million.
MOONRISE trial
MOONRISE (Milk Outcomes Following Oral Nicotinamide Riboside Supplementation in the NICU Environment) is a UC Davis double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled pilot feasibility trial (NCT04614714) testing 250 mg/day nicotinamide riboside for 14 days to increase milk production in mothers of NICU-hospitalized infants.
Moonrise Venture Partners
Moonrise Venture Partners is the family of venture funds managed by Moonrise Capital LP, a fund-of-funds firm founded by Donald T. Pascal in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 2016.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico is a 1941 black-and-white photograph by Ansel Adams, taken near Hernandez, New Mexico, showing a full moon rising over a village church and cemetery.
Moons of Jupiter
The moons of Jupiter, also called Jupiter's satellites, are natural satellites ranging from the four planet-sized Galilean moons to small captured bodies, with 115 recognized as of 2026.
Moons of Mars
The moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are two small, dark, tidally locked satellites discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877, whose origin, captured asteroids or impact debris, remains unresolved.
Moons of Neptune
Neptune's moons are the 16 known natural satellites of Neptune, led by captured Kuiper Belt object Triton, with Nereid, Hippocamp, and six moons revealed by Voyager 2's 1989 flyby.
Moons of Pluto
The moons of Pluto are five: large Charon, discovered in 1978, and the small satellites Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra, discovered between 2005 and 2012, orbiting the Pluto–Charon pair.
Moons of Saturn
Saturn's moons are the natural satellites of Saturn, the most of any planet at 285 confirmed, ranging from Titan, larger than Mercury, to tiny irregular fragments.
Moons of Uranus
The moons of Uranus are its natural satellites, 29 recognized as of 2026, with five major moons named for characters from Shakespeare, visited only by Voyager 2 in 1986.
Moonshadow (เงาใต้พระจันทร์)
Moonshadow (เงาใต้พระจันทร์) is a 2026 Thai GL series by GMMTV, adapted from Flower of Memory's novel Moon Shadow, starring Emi Thasorn and Bonnie Pattraphus as Chan and Key, aired 10 episodes on GMM25, August 12 to October 14, 2026, directed by Fon Kanittha Kwunyoo.
Moonshine
Moonshine is illegally distilled, typically unaged corn whiskey, named for nighttime production to evade tax collectors. Key facts: Appalachian tradition, 1868 federal home-distilling ban, Prohibition boom 1919-1933, lead and methanol poisoning risks, 2026 Supreme Court review of the ban.
Moonshine and Valentine (结爱·千岁大人的初恋)
Moonshine and Valentine (结爱·千岁大人的初恋) is a 2018 Chinese fantasy romance web series, 25 episodes on Tencent Video, adapted from Shi Dingrou's novel 结爱·异客逢欢, directed by Leste Chen and Xu Zhaoren, starring Song Qian and Huang Jingyu; Douban 7.4, controversial rushed ending.
Moonshine by country
Moonshine by country: worldwide illicit, unlicensed, or homemade spirits distillation, also called unrecorded alcohol (about 25% of global consumption). Covers regional forms such as Russian samogon, Appalachian US moonshine, African homebrews, and counterfeit vodka, plus legality and methanol risks.
Moonshine module
The moonshine module is an infinite-dimensional vertex operator algebra constructed by Frenkel, Lepowsky, and Meurman, on which the Monster group acts as its full automorphism group.
Moonshiners (TV series)
Moonshiners is a Discovery Channel docudrama reality series (premiered December 6, 2011) following Appalachian illegal corn whisky distillers and law enforcement; 16 seasons, Magilla Entertainment production, spin-offs include Master Distiller.
Moonshot (2022 film)
Moonshot is a 2022 American science fiction romantic comedy directed by Christopher Winterbauer, starring Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor, released on HBO Max on March 31, 2022.
Moonshot AI
Moonshot AI (月之暗面) is a Beijing artificial intelligence company founded in early 2023 by Yang Zhilin and Tsinghua alumni, known for the Kimi models and chatbot.
Moonshot AI investor interest
In 2026, global investors sought indirect stakes in Moonshot AI (月之暗面), the Beijing-based Kimi developer, through SPVs as its valuation rose from $4.3 billion to $50 billion.
Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish epic heathen metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995 by cousins Henri and Ville Sorvali, known for long folk, pagan, and black metal songs in Finnish, charting albums like Kivenkantaja and Jumalten Aika.
Moonstar88
Moonstar88 is a Filipino pop-alternative band formed in Manila in February 1999, best known for the enduring hit "Torete" and currently fronted by vocalist and guitarist Maysh Baay.
Moonstone (gemstone)
Moonstone is a gem-quality feldspar named for adularescence, a soft glow that floats below the polished surface, caused by thin orthoclase and albite layers; it is a June birthstone.
Moonstruck
Moonstruck is a 1987 American romantic comedy directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley, starring Cher as a Brooklyn widow engaged to Danny Aiello but in love with his estranged brother, Nicolas Cage.
Moonsub Shim
Moonsub Shim is an American materials chemist, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2002, known for n-type colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals and nanorod LEDs.
Moonton
Moonton (上海沐瞳科技有限公司) is a Shanghai mobile game developer founded in 2014 by ex-Tencent employees, maker of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, acquired by ByteDance in 2021 for ~$4 billion and reportedly in sale talks at $6-7 billion in 2026.
Moontrap
Moontrap is a 1989 American sci-fi horror film directed by Robert Dyke, written by Tex Ragsdale, starring Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell as astronauts fighting the Kaaliums, cyborgs harvesting human parts on the Moon; premiered at WorldFest Houston, released direct-to-video by Shapiro Glickenhaus.
Moonwalk (dance)
The moonwalk, originally the backslide, is a backward-gliding street-dance illusion popularized by Michael Jackson at Motown 25 in 1983; earlier performers include Bill Bailey (1955) and Cab Calloway.
Moonwalk (film)
Moonwalk (മൂൺവാക്ക്) is a 2025 Malayalam dance drama, Vinod A.K.'s directorial debut, about 1980s Trivandrum boys who form a breakdance crew; released 30 May 2025, streamed on JioHotstar from 8 July 2025.
Moonwalker
Moonwalker is Michael Jackson's 1988 American anthology film, directed by Jerry Kramer, Colin Chilvers, Jim Blashfield, and Will Vinton, blending Bad-era music videos with a Smooth Criminal fantasy in which Jackson battles drug dealer Mr. Big (Joe Pesci); released on US home video January 10, 1989.