I dont remember a passage, and here you can
help me, where the Bible says the moon, sun
and stars are inhabited. In the case of the
sun and stars, they are fire-people, apparently.
969 years, according to www.lds.org. Close to a thousand, anyway, and they are citing the Bible.
As for Joseph Smith, and moon people, see this link:
Many times I've been standing in the shade.