The Moon By: Cynthia Campos

“The moon, like a flower in the tallest arch of the sky, with
silent delight, installs and smiles at night. “
~ William Blake

The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth, with a

diameter of 3476 km it’s the fifth largest satellite in
the Solar System. The moon has no atmosphere. The
moon rotates around its axis (rotation) in about
27.32 days (sidereal month) and moves around the
Earth (translation) in the same time interval, so it
always shows the same face.
D id you know?
espite being apparently the brightest object in
the sky after the Sun, its surface is actually very dark,
with a similar coal reflection.
Moon Phases:
-The new moon is when the -The Full Moon occurs when
moon is between the Earth the Earth is between the Sun
and the Sun and therefore we and the Moon; it receives the
don't see. rays of the sun on your face
-The first quarter and third visible, therefore, is complete.
quarter moons (both often
called a "half moon"), happen -Finally, in the Quarter Moon
when the moon is at a 90 three-body re-form a right
degree angle with respect to angle, so that you can see in
the earth and sun. So we are the sky the other half of the
seeing exactly half of the moon's face.
moon illuminated and half in
shadow.

The Moon moves away gradually 3.8 cm per year.