Moonlight progression

I did try using a texture for the stars once though, this one is from a photo I took of mould growing in my old house that I thought would make a good starry sky. It does make a good starry sky but I think its too busy to go with the rest of the book so I've made the stars how I normally would. I also tried to make a gradient for it but that ended up being more complicated than I thought ,particularly with how I had made the stars. I think if I'm going to do a gradient I need to make sure I have the time to actually learn how to use it correctly.