mappingthemoon.org

According to its WHOIS record, MAPPINGTHEMOON.ORG was created on August 29, 2022 and expires on August 29, 2030. This gives it about 4 years of history. It is registered through ENOM, INC. (IANA ID 48) and is active. The owner has renewed it well ahead, up to 2030. The registrant country on record is Bulgaria. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Renewals are usually made for one to ten years at a time, so an expiry date far in the future shows a long-term commitment to the name. Nameservers decide where a domain's DNS is hosted, so a change of nameservers usually means the website or email moved to a new provider. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. A registrar transfer moves the management of a domain from one company to another without changing the domain name itself. Domains that are not renewed before their expiry date normally enter a grace and redemption period before they can be registered again. The creation date shows when the name was first registered, while the expiry date shows how long the current registration has been paid for. When a domain uses its own nameservers, the owner runs the DNS directly instead of relying on a hosting or DNS provider.

In the period from November 28, 2022 to October 31, 2026, 32 fields of the record were modified. Only the spelling of the registrar name changed ("eNom Inc." to "ENOM, INC."); it is the same registrar. Status flags were updated: clientTransferProhibited was removed. It was renewed: the expiry date went from August 29, 2023 to August 29, 2030. Scroll down to see the full current record and the complete list of historical snapshots.

The Whois Data Center archive contains 4 historical WHOIS snapshots for MAPPINGTHEMOON.ORG. The most recent capture is from October 31, 2026. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Buyers often review the history of a domain before purchasing it, to see past owners and registrars. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Investigators use dated records to establish who controlled a domain at a specific point in time. Comparing snapshots makes it easy to see when the registrar, nameservers or status of a domain changed. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked.