[4] The municipality of Luis Moya is located at an elevation between 1,900 and 2,400 metres (6,200–7,900 ft) on the Mexican Plateau in southeastern Zacatecas.

It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Cuauhtémoc to the northwest, Ojocaliente to the northeast, Noria de Ángeles to the east, and Loreto to the southeast.

[9] The municipal government of Luis Moya comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and ten trustees (regidores), six elected by relative majority and four by proportional representation.

[12] Agricultural activities include the farming of dairy cattle, whose production supplies companies such as Lala and Nestlé;[12] and crops such as alfalfa, fodder corn and oats, grapes, and tomatoes.

[12] Federal Highway 45 runs through the northern part of the municipality, connecting it to the cities of Zacatecas to the northwest and Aguascalientes to the south.