SIZE
• THE MOON IS 2160 MILES ACROSS
• IT WOULD FIT BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST COAST
SURFACE
• HIGHLAND - 84% CRATERED
• MARIA-16% FLAT
TEMPERATURE
• HIGH 210 DEGREES F
• LOW -250 DEGREES F
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
• THE STRONGEST FORCE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE EARTH NEAREST THE MOON.
• HIGH TIDE
LANDINGS
• SOVIETS- LUNA 2 1959
• UNITED STATES 1ST MANNED JULY 1969
• LAST DECEMBER 1972
ECLIPSE
• LUNAR ECLIPSE- EARTH BLOCKS THE SUN FROM THE MOON
• SOLAR ECLIPSE- MOON BLOCKS THE SUN FROM THE EARTH
THE MOONS ORBIT
• THE MOON ORBITS ROUGHLY EVERY 28 DAYS
MOON PHASES
• NEW MOON DAY 0
• WAXING
CRESCENT
• 1ST QUARTER DAY 7
• WAXING GIBBOUS
• FULL MOON DAY 14
• WANING GIBBOUS
• LAST QUARTER DAY 21
• WANING CRESCENT