Moon

The Moon is a location in Destiny and refers to the moon that orbits the planet Earth.

Like many other planets and moons in Destiny, the ruins of humanity's Golden Age as well as alien structures inhabited by enemy species can be found on the surface. The Moon is classified by The City as a "Forbidden Zone," as early exploration attempts had proven too dangerous.

Story

 * The Dark Beyond
 * The World's Grave
 * The Sword of Crota

Locations

 * Accelerator
 * Hellmouth
 * Mare Cognitum
 * Moonbase

Inhabitants and Enemies
In gameplay trailers, the Moon has been shown to be inhabited at least by the Hive species. While humans inhabited the Moon during civilization's Golden Age, their Moonbase and Accelerator have long been abandoned.

Fallen have also been observed near abandoned bases. The Guardian's Ghost  mentions that a previously lost Guardian has recaptured an old accelerator from an unknown Fallen house.

Trivia

 * The Moon's overall design is intended to cause players to feel a sense of mystery, asking themselves questions like, "why is an alien race here?" or, "what happened to the colony and its settlers?" Bungie Lead Environment Artist Sam Jones described the early difficulties in creating the Moon environment because of the Moon's relative lack of color, depth, and terrain features as opposed to larger planets such as Mars.