Read These Magical Moon Quotes Ahead of the Next Supermoon (2025)

In the gallery of shifting skies, the night is a blank canvas waiting to be painted by the moon and stars. And with the upcoming Supermoon, also known as the Hunter's Moon, on October 17, stargazers are in for the most marvelous masterpiece yet! Whether it's full, crescent-shaped, or concealed by the cosmos, the moon serves as a mysterious, powerful force and source of natural beauty. It controls the tides, time, and even human behavior! And that's not to mention all the beautiful art and poetry the shining orb inadvertently inspires, like the magical moon quotes below.

Take this one by Anand Thakur, for instance: "Let the moon teach you the art of being beautiful and lonely at the same time.”

Like the many phases of the moon, the celestial sayings on this list are anything but one-dimensional. Not only will you find famous moon quotes and nature quotes but ones suited to every emotion and interest, including romantic quotes, inspirational quotes, and mysterious moon quotes. So, if you're looking for an Instagram caption for your favorite full moon photos or you're simply in a moony mood ahead of the Supermoon, read on for the best moon quotes that mirror the magic of the night sky!

Short Moon Quotes

1. "The moon fascinates us in her simplicity." —Avijeet Das
2. "The moon is the accomplice of all things related to the heart." —Walter Mercado
3. "Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars." —J. R. R. Tolkien
4. "The moon is friend for the lonesome to talk to." —Carl Sandburg
5. "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." —Buddha
6. "Stay wild, moon child." —Riitta Klint
7. "The moon is a loyal companion." —Tahereh Mafi
8. "I’m the type of woman that if I want the moon, I’ll get it down myself." —Frida Kahlo
9. "We ran as if to meet the moon." —Robert Frost
10. "Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne
11. "Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon." —Paul Brandt
12. "I like to think that the moon is there, even if I am not looking at it. —Albert Einstein
13. "The new moon is an auspicious time for a fresh start." —Cerridwen Greenleaf
14. "The moon lives in the lining of your skin." —Pablo Neruda
15. "Go slowly, my lovely moon, go slowly." —Khaled Hosseini
16. "You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars." —Gary Allan
17. "The moon dances with me the way the sun never will." —S.B.
18. "In presence of the Moon nobody sees stars." —Amit Kalantri

Best Moon Quotes

1. "Let the moon teach you the art of being beautiful and lonely at the same time.” —Anand Thakur
2. "Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody." —Mark Twain
3. "The sun is still the sun whether it rises or it sets, and the moon is still the moon whether it is full or a crescent.” —Melody Godfred
4. "Don't worry if you're making waves just by being yourself. The moon does it all the time." —Scott Stabile
5. "The moon affects people in other ways, for a beautiful crescent suspended in a twilit sky can stir our hearts." —Ken Croswell
6. "With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?" —Oscar Wilde
7. "I will never be a morning person, for the moon and I are much too in love." —Christopher Poindexter
8. "What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished." —Deng Ming-Dao
9. "I love to think that animals and humans and plants and fishes and trees and stars and the moon are all connected." —Gloria Vanderbilt
10. "The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep." —Alice Hoffman
11. "The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars." —Arthur C. Clarke
12. "There’s something enchanted about night. All those heavenly bodies, shooting stars, the crescent moon, celestial phenomenon." —Luanne Rice
13. "It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the moon." —Galileo Galilei
14. "The moon's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there." —John M. Grunsfeld
15. "The moon was reigning over their world, glowing its full splendor to all those willing to look up." —Irina Serban
16. "I feel like the moon is a very beautiful woman. She's in control." —Ravyn Lenae
17. "The moon — a luminous guide for the poetic musings of my soul." —Meeta Ahluwalia
18. "Pure solitude and tranquility. That was the best thing the moon could give a person."
    —Haruki Murakami

Mysterious Moon Quotes

1. "She and the moon could always be found playing in the darkness." —A.J. Lawless
2. "The sun watches what I do, but the moon knows all my secrets." —M. Wonderland
3. "There are nights when the wolves are silent, and only the moon howls." —George Carlin
4. "Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." —Anton Chekhov
5. "Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I’m swept up in amorphous dust." —Bradley Chicho
6. "She was like the moon, half here and half somewhere else." —Meeta Ahluwalia
7. “The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.” —Shannon L. Alder
8. "The moon and I have a secret. She knows the reason why I’m smiling." —Sanober Khan
9. "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it’s all dark." —Pink Floyd
10. "It’s the moon that moves me. The sunlight makes everything so obvious." —Bavo Dhooge
11. "Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides." —Rita Mae Brown
12. "I am the sun and moon and forever hungry, the sharpened edge where day and night shall meet and not be one." —Audre Lorde

Inspirational Moon Quotes

1. "Be both soft and wild. Just like the moon. Or the storm. Or the sea." —Victoria Erickson
2. "The moon is beautiful only when the mind is seeking beauty and the heart is loving." —Debasish Mridha
3. "Just as we chose to go to the moon, we know it’s never too soon to choose hope." —Amanda Gorman
4. "The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon." —Jean Ingelow
5. "Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars." —Les Brown
6. "God put the moon in the sky to remind us that our darkest moments lead to our brightest." —Lynne Ewing
7. "Be the moon and inspire people, even when you're far from full.” —K. Tolnoe
8. "Life is too short to not have fun; we are only here for a short time compared to the sun and the moon and all that." —Coolio
9. "But even when the moon looks like it’s waning…it’s actually never changing shape. Don’t ever forget that." —Ai Yazawa
10. "The moon is too close. I want to go further." —Shirley MacLaine
11. "I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'" —Buzz Aldrin
12. "Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."
    —Allen Ginsberg
13. "If he’s the darkness, then you’re his moon, and the moon wasn’t made to be caged." —Hafsah Faizal
14. "I am not a person who reaches for the moon as long as I have the stars." —Gertrude Ederle

Romantic Moon Quotes

1. "I love you to the moon and back." —Sam McBratney
2. "The moon is the reflection of your heart and moonlight is the twinkle of your love.” —Debasish Mridha
3. "Always remember we are under the same sky, looking at the same moon." —Maxine Lee
4. "Don't compare her to sunshine and roses when she's clearly orchids and moonlight.” —Melody Lee
5. "I’ll place the moon within your heart." —David Bowie
6. "The sun loves the moon so much that he dies every night to let her breathe, and in return, she reflects his love." —Jeffrey Fry
7. "I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos." —Tom Hanks
8. "Let me be your moon." —Alexandra Vasiliu
9. "Maybe my heart is the moon and hers is the sun and everything else is gravity." —Brian McBride
10. "Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe." —Hanako Ishii
11. "She is twice as beautiful as the moon and all of the stars together." —Giovannie de Sadeleer
12. "If the moon smiled, she would resemble you." —Sylvia Plath
13. "Love me like the moon intended, all the way through the darkness." —A.J. Lawless