Huaca de la Luna ("Temple or Shrine of the Moon") is a large adobe brick structure built mainly by the Moche people of northern Peru.

Archeologists believe that the Huaca del Sol may have served for administrative, military, and residential functions, as well as a burial mound for the Moche elite.

The Huaca de la Luna served primarily a ceremonial and religious function, although it contains burials as well.

At the time of construction, it was decorated in registers of murals that were painted in black, bright red, sky blue, white, and yellow.

The Huaca de la Luna is a large complex of three main platforms, each one serving a different function.

Researchers have discovered multiple skeletons of adult males at the foot of the rock, all of whom show signs of trauma, usually a severe blow to the head, as the cause of death.