Talk:Луна

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Can we cite this capitalized other than at the beginning of a sentence or in a title? --WikiTiki89 16:43, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Why? It's almost the same case as with земля and Земля. It's a proper name and it should be capitalised when it means the satellite of the Earth. Lower case луна is what we see. Gramota.ru suggests: Слова солнце, луна, земля пишутся с прописной буквы, когда они употребляются в качестве астрономических названий, например: вокруг Солнца обращаются следующие планеты: Меркурий, Венера, Земля (со своим спутником Луной), Марс, Юпитер, Сатурн, Уран, Нептун и Плутон; период вращения Земли; но: обработка земли, восход солнца. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 06:43, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I'll withdraw. But can we add a usage note and make the differentiation in meaning a little clearer? --WikiTiki89 07:52, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

You can try yourself. There are much more to the lower case луна, more complicated. The upper case is clear to more, it's the astronomical sense, a proper noun like any other name of a celestial body. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 11:04, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

From your quote above, it seems like the rules are exactly the same as in English. --WikiTiki89 12:10, 9 December 2012 (UTC)