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The moon

Written by Meera

Phases of the Moon                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                         

Full Moon

New Moon

Crescent Waxing Crescent

waning Gibbous Waning

First Quarter

Last Quarter Gibbous Waxing

What the moon is made ofThe composition of the Moon is a bit of a mystery. Although we know a

lot about what the surface of the Moon is made of, scientists can only guess at what the internal composition of the Moon is. Here’s what we think the Moon is made of.Like the Earth, the Moon has layers. The innermost layer is the lunar core. It only accounts for about 20% of the diameter of the Moon. Scientists think that the lunar core is made of metallic iron, with small amounts of sulfur and nickel. Astronomers know that the core of the Moon is probably at least partly molten

EXTRA INFONative American NamesJanuary - Wolf MoonFebruary - Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, Opening Buds MoonMarch - Maple Sugar Moon, Worm MoonApril - Frog Moon, Pink Moon, Planter's MoonMay - Flower Moon, Budding MoonJune - Strawberry MoonJuly - Blood Moon, Buck MoonAugust - Moon of the Green Corn, Sturgeon MoonSeptember - Harvest MoonOctober - Hunter's Moon, Moon of Falling LeavesNovember - Beaver MoonDecember - Cold MoonMedieval English

EXTRA INFOCommon Full moon namesJanuary - Old Moon, Wolf MoonFebruary - Snow MoonMarch - Sap Moon, Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Crust MoonApril - Grass Moon, Pink MoonMay - Milk Moon, Flower MoonJune - Rose Moon, Strawberry MoonJuly - Thunder Moon, Buck MoonAugust - Green Corn Moon, Corn Moon, Sturgeon MoonSeptember - Fruit Moon, Harvest MoonOctober - Harvest Moon, Hunter's MoonNovember - Frost Moon, Beaver MoonDecember - Long Night Moon, Cold Moon

Moon FactsA lunar orbit takes 27.32166 days. A lunar cycle is 29.53059 days. A blue moon occurs when there are two full moons in the same month. (The moon isn't actually blue! Go fig!) The moon orbits 384,400 kilometers above the Earth. The moon's diameter is 3476 kilometers, compared to Earth's 12,756.3 km. The moon weighs: 73,490,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. In ancient cultures, the Moon was called: Luna (Roman), and Artemis (Greek). The moon travels at 1.03 kilometres a second. The average day temperature on the moon is 107 degrees Celsius, and at night it plummets to -153 degrees Celsius. There isn't really a "dark" side of the moon. All sides of the moon receive light as it spins around the sun. The word "lunatic" has the prefix luna, from the moon.

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BY MEERA