Remember:

> The Moons period of rotation on its axis is 27.3 days > Only the near side faces Earth > One half of the Earth is in its own shadow (thats when its night) and the other half is lit by the Sun > The Moon is 384,000 km away from the Earth > The Earth is 150 million km away from the Sun > The Sun is 1,392,000 km in diameter > The Moons diameter is 3500 > The Moon is approximately 1/4th (0.27) the size of Earth > 109 Earth diameters would fit across the Sun > Shadows are longer in the winter > The Earths tilt causes seasons > Rotation is a planets or moons spin on its axis > Revolution is a planets or moons orbit around another solar system body > Shadows lengths change throughout the year as Earth orbits the Sun- the Earths position on its tilted axis changes relative to the sun > The Sun and Moon appear to look the same, because the Moon is 400 times closer, but the Sun is 400 times bigger > The atmosphere and its weather, angle if sunlight, length of the day, surface composition, and oceans all play a key role in daily temperatures > Half of the moon is always illuminated by the sun, unless there is a lunar eclipse