Did you know that the moon drifts further and further away from earth every year? Here are artistic representations of the moon from our collection. #NationalMoonDay Hodaka Yoshida, Moon, 1952 Print, 10 7/8 in. x 15 7/8 in. Purchase 1956 56.272 Yoshinobu Masuda, Cranes in the Moonlight, 1954 Print, 17 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. Purchase 1956 56.275 Unrecorded maker, Netsuke, 19th century Japan Ivory, 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne Collection. Purchase and gift, 1938 38.681/5300.31 Charles Reed Gardner, Design, ca. 1935 Wood engraving on cream laid paper, 4 15/16 x 5 15/16 in.  Allocated by the U. S. Government, 1943. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects  43.444 Fred Rothenbusch of Rockwood Pottery, Vase with a Landscape, 1909 Molded white earthenware, 10 ¾ x 4 ¼ in. Purchase 1914 14.449