Moon Facts
Moon Facts
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| Interesting Moon Facts: |
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| The Moon takes 27.3 days to orbit the Earth. |
| Of all the moons in our Solar System, our moon is the fifth largest. |
| On average, the Moon is 384,403 kilometers away from Earth. |
| There is a mountain on the Moon that is 4,700 meters high. |
| The side of the Moon that we do not see is often called the dark side even though it does receive sunlight. |
| The first successful attempt to land an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon occurred in 1966. |
| Neil Armstrong was the first person to step foot on the Moon. |
| The Moon's surface contains craters due to comets and asteroids that have hit its surface. |
| The average surface temperature of the Moon during the day is 107 degrees Celsius or 224.6 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| The Moon is about 4.5 million years old. |
| Since there is no wind on the Moon, footprints left by humans almost 50 years ago are still there untouched. |
| The Moon does not have an atmosphere. |
| The position of the Earth and Moon in relation to the Sun is why the Moon appears to change shape in the sky. |
| The change in the appearance of the Moon is called Moon Phases. |
| There are 8 main phases of the moon: new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent. |