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Moon Motor Car was a United States automobile company, in business c. 1905 - 1930. The company was based in Saint Louis, Missouri.
The company was founded by carriage maker Joseph W. Moon <ref name="McConnell">McConnell, Curt (1995). Great Cars of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-3163-6</ref>. Moon produced both cars and trucks<ref name="McConnell"/>. Moon Motor's peak production year was 1925 when the company produced 10,271 vehicles<ref name="McConnell"/>.
Moon produced the Diana via its subsidiary the Diana Motors Company 1925 - 1928.
The firm was also producing a cottonpicker built under contract from the American Cottonpicker Corporation. <ref>http://members.core.com/~mcbeed/autos/directory/history/moon.htm Moon - St. Louis Missouri (1905-1929) Founder Joseph W. Moon]</ref>
Moon went out of business at the start of the Great Depression; the Moon factory was purchased by Ruxton automobile.
A Moon automobile is on display at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.
