- He presented one of the longest running TV shows in United Kingdom history, The Sky at Night (1957), which started in 1957 and is still shown every month as of 2019.
- In 1957 on the programme, The Sky at Night (1957), he opened his mouth to speak and a fly flew in. Ever the professional, Moore swallowed the fly in front of millions of viewers and carried on with the show. He later told his family of his ordeal, and got no sympathy from his mother, telling him "it was worse for the fly"!
- He is the author of the Caldwell catalog, an index concerning star gazing for amateurs.
- He said his fiancée Lorna, a nurse, was killed in 1943 during World War II and that was why he never married or had children. However some doubt has arisen over Moore's account, as researchers have been unable to identify Lorna, despite the meticulous records kept of wartime civilian casualties.
- He was an Astronomer/TV presenter.
- He served with the British Royal Air Force from 1940 to 1945 during World War II.
- He was the host of many British astronomy programs, including "The Sky at Night" from 1957 to 2013.
- He played the xylophone.
- He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours List, the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours List and was made a Knight Bachelor in the 2001 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to astronomy and broadcasting.
- He was awarded an Honorary Degree from England's Lancaster University in 1974.
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