"The Darkening" is the original artwork included in the Legends of the Moon exhibition of artworks. The works selected for inclusion in Legends of the Moon will be included in the Lunar Codex: Polaris mission.

The selected works will be catalogued and included in the Lunar Codex. The U.S.’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a plan, the Artemis Program, to land humans back on the Moon in 2025, for the first time in over 50 years.