how did ancient egyptians call the moon? Hello, welcome to solsarin. This post is about “how did ancient egyptians call the moon?“. Iah Iah (Egyptian: jꜥḥ, Coptic ⲟⲟϩ) is a lunar deity in ancient Egyptian religion. The word jꜥḥ simply means “Moon”. It is also transcribed as Jah, or Aah. Worship By the New Kingdom (16th century to 11th century BC) he was less prominent than other gods …