The Moon
From Wikipedia (website)
- The Moon is Earth‘s only natural satellite.
- It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 miles), about 30 times Earth’s diameter.
- The Moon always presents the same side to Earth, because gravitational pull has locked its rotation to the planet.
- This results in the lunar day of 29.5 Earth days matching the lunar month.
- The Moon’s gravitational pull – and to a lesser extent the Sun‘s – are the main drivers of the tides.
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- Astrovisuals Moon Phases Maps for binocular to view (thumbnail)
2 day / 3 day / 4 day / 4½ day / 5 day / 6 day / 6½ day / 7 day (first quarter) / 8 day / 8½ day / 9 day / 9½ day / 10 day / 10½ day / 11 day / 12 day / 13 day / 14 days (Full Moon) /17 day / 19 day / 21 day (last quarter) / 22 day / 24 day / 26 day
