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Moon - Wikipedia In geophysical terms, the Moon is a planetary-mass object or satellite planet Its mass is 1 2% that of the Earth, and its diameter is 3,474 km (2,159 mi), roughly one-quarter of Earth's (about as wide as the contiguous United States)
Moon | Features, Phases, Surface, Exploration, Facts | Britannica Moon, Earth’s sole natural satellite and nearest celestial body Known since prehistoric times, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun Its name in English, like that of Earth, is of Germanic and Old English derivation
What Are the Moon’s Phases? - NASA Space Place The other side of the Moon is dark The position of the Moon and the Sun during Each of the Moon’s phases and the Moon as it appears from Earth during each phase Credit: NASA JPL-Caltech On Earth, our view of the illuminated part of the Moon changes each night, depending on where the Moon is in its orbit, or path, around Earth
Everything you need to know about the Moon - Astronomy. com The Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth It's primarily composed of rock and minerals, with a small iron core The Moon's average distance from Earth is roughly 239,000 miles Lunar phases
Moon Facts - NASA Science The Earth and Moon are tidally locked Their rotations are so in sync we only see one side of the Moon Humans didn't see the lunar far side until a Soviet spacecraft flew past in 1959 The Moon has a solid, rocky surface cratered and pitted from impacts by asteroids, meteorites, and comets
Moon - Formation, Craters, Orbit | Britannica Throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, investigators examined different theories on lunar origin in an attempt to find one that would agree with the observations Lunar origin theories can be divided into three main categories: coaccretion, fission, and capture
Orbit of the Moon - Wikipedia The Moon's orbit around Earth has many variations (perturbations) due to the gravitational attraction of the Sun and planets, the study of which (lunar theory) has a long history [7] Moon's orbit and sizes of Earth and Moon to scale Comparison of the Moon's apparent size at lunar perigee – apogee