THE MOON

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

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