The municipality of Moxa lies at an altitude of 430 m above sea level and has a total area of approx. 467 ha. The village was first mentioned in books in 1378.

During the Thirty Years' War, the old village burned down completely. It was rebuilt above the old settlement site as an Anger-Platzdorf. The name Moxa comes from the Sorbian language and changed over the years from Mugczow or Moxzow to the current spelling Moxa.

With its current population of 88, Moxa is a relatively small village, but is heavily traversed by car traffic in three directions. Moxa is home to a seismological station run by the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. Records of earthquakes all over the world are kept and analyzed here. There is a small industrial estate at the end of the village in the direction of Ranis. The local company Moxa Ligting GmbH mainly produces street lighting and street furniture there.