In "Embers of Moonlight", the moon fades and becomes more see-through until she ultimately crumbles and dies. This change is noted throughout the text, but the first piece of evidence we have is that the story describes her as a shining, ivory figure that the narrator seems to find very grand. Secondly, at the end of the story, the moon is described to be a shimmering pile of dust (embers). These two moments in the story show the reader the beginning and end of the moon's change.