The Moon Left: Spec-Fic

We didn't see the stars until the moon went away. Our giant glowing moon, which rose and cast its light across our land by night, letting the mushrooms grow tall and strong for the harvest, letting our girls dance among the trees and find their own mates. Then one night--gone. Poof. No explosion or big boom, just no moon. And then--then we saw the stars. We huddled in our homes, frightened of the true dark, of the things that usually came out only during the eclipses. We hoped it was an eclipse unpredicted by the astronomers, but it seemed unlikely. We became twilight people.


Inspiration: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120625.html
Story Potential: Low.
Notes: The cliche here would be to make this due to human intervention, so avoid that.... Generally, no story here. Pretty picture, though!