Moon Facts

Facts About the Moon

1. The moon is not a planet, but a satellite of the Earth.


2. The surface area of the moon is 14,658,000 square miles or 9.4 million acres


3. Only 59% of the moon's surface is visible from earth.


4. The moon rotates at 10 miles per hour compared to the earth's rotation of 1000 miles per hour.


5. When a month has two moons, it is called a blue moon.


6. One side of the moon is always facing the Earth.


7. The dark spots we see on the moon that creates the image of the man in the moon are actually craters filled with basalt, which is a very dense material.


8. The moon is the only extraterrestrial body that has ever been visited by humans it is also the only body that had samples taken from it.


9. The first space craft to send back pictures from the moon was Luna 3 in October 1959.


10. The moon has no global magnetic field.


11. The moon is about 1/4 the size of the Earth.


12. On the moon, there is no wind, light, or water.