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The Moon
A look at our nearest
neighbor in Space!
What is the Moon?
 A natural satellite
 One of more than 96 moons in
our Solar System
 The only moon of the planet
Earth
Location, location, location!
 About 384,000 km
(240,000 miles)
from Earth
 3,468 km (2,155
miles) in diameter
(about 村 the size of
Earth)
The Moons Surface
 No atmosphere
 No liquid water
 Extreme
temperatures
 Daytime = 130C
(265属F)
 Nighttime = -190C
(-310 F)

 1/6 Earths gravity
Lunar Features - Craters
 Up to 2500 km (1,553 miles) across
 Most formed by meteorite impact on the Moon
 Some formed by volcanic action inside the Moon
Movements of the Moon
 Revolution  Moon orbits
the Earth every 271/3 days
 The moon rises in the east
and sets in the west
 The moon rises and sets
50 minutes later each day
 Rotation  Moon turns on
its axis every 27 days
 Same side of Moon
always faces Earth
Its Just a Phase
 Moonlight is reflected
sunlight
 Half the moons surface is
always reflecting light
 From Earth we see
different amounts of the
Moons lit surface
 The amount seen is called
a phase
Waxing and Waning










New moon
Waxing Crescent moon
First Quarter moon
Waxing Gibbous moon
Full moon
Waning Gibbous moon
Third Quarter moon
Waning Crescent moon
New moon

last (third)quarter

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aning M
oon
m
oon orbit`s
earth
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gibbous moon

crescent

earth

full moon
new moon

gibbous moon
crescent

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axing M
oon

first quarter
FOUR MAIN SHAPES

FULL

QUARTER

CRESCENT

GIBBOUS
Our moon
Plane of earths orbit

Moon

Earth
Moon

Plane of lunar orbit
Lunar Eclipses
 Moon moves into
Earths shadow  this
shadow darkens the
Moon
 Umbra
 Penumbra

 About 2-3 per year
 Last up to 4 hours
Solar Eclipses
 Moon moves between
Earth and Sun
 Moon casts a shadow
on part of the Earth
 Total eclipses rare 
only once every 360
years from one
location!
 1950s to 1960s probes
 Neil Armstrong
First man on the Moon
 July 20, 1969
 Six Apollo missions
(1969-1972)
 382 kg (842 lbs) rocks

 12 Americans have
walked on the moon

Exploring the
Moon
Our moon
When will we return?
Moon base of the future?

 What would you need to live there?
Our moon
Name this phase!

Full Moon
What time does this phase rise and set?
Name this phase!
First Quarter
Name this phase!
Waxing Crescent
Name this phase!

Waning
Gibbous
Name this
phase!

Third Quarter
Name this phase!

Waxing Gibbous
Name this phase!

Waning Crescent
Name this phase!

New Moon
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