The moon

Our earth has onesatellite that is the moon. Moon doesn't have it's own light. It's diameter only one quarter that of the earth. It is about 3,84,400 km away from us. It is smaller than the earth & the sun . The moon moves around the earth in about 27 days. It takes exactly the same time to complete one spin. The moon doesn't have conditions favourable for life. It has mountains, plains & depression on its. The surface of the moon has ditches called craters. These craters were formed 3.5 to 4.5 billions years ago. The moon is about 4.500 millions years old, the same age as the earth. No sounds can be heard on the moon. The gravity of the moon is 1/6 of the gravity of the earth. If you jump 1 metre on the earth, you can jump 6 metres on the moon. There is no atmosphere on the moon so there is no wind & weather on it.

The first people to land on the moon were three Americans astronaut :-Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Michael Collin on 20th July 1969 by spacecraft was apollo 11.Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot on the moon was followed by Edwin Aldrin. Michael Collin stayed back in the Spacecraft.

The different shape of the moon, as visible from the earth are called it's phases. (1) New moon (2) Crescent moon (3) Half moon (4) Gibbous moon (5) Full moo