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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)
Earths Moon - Science@NASA Like Earth, the Moon has a day side and a night side, which change as the Moon rotates The Sun always illuminates half of the Moon while the other half remains dark
Moon Trek - NASA Trek is a NASA web-based portal for exploration of Moon This portal showcases data collected by NASA at various landing sites and features an easy-to-use browsing tool that provides layering and viewing of high resolution data
Everything you need to know about the Moon - Astronomy. com How big is the Moon? The Moon is Earth’s only permanent natural satellite, and it’s the fifth-largest satellite in our solar system The Moon’s diameter is approximately 2,160 miles (3,475
All About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Earth has just one moon – a rocky, cratered place, roughly a quarter the size of Earth and an average of 238,855 miles away The Moon can be seen with the naked eye most nights as it traces its 27-day orbit around our planet
In Depth | Earths Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration Earth's Moon is the only place beyond Earth where humans have set foot, so far Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610
Moon - Glenn Research Center | NASA It orbits the Earth at an average distance of approximately 240,000 miles (384,000 km) The Moon completes an orbit of the Earth every 27 3 days (approximately 655 hours) The Moon also rotates on its axis Because of tidal forces, it completes one revolution every 655 hours
Moon Facts - Interesting Facts about the Earths Moon The Moon (or Luna) is the Earth’s only natural satellite and was formed 4 6 billion years ago around some 30–50 million years after the formation of the solar system
How the Moon Works - HowStuffWorks The moon is the Earth's only natural satellite and the closest celestial object Learn about the moon and some of the theories about the moon's origin