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THE PHASES OF THE MOON Moonrise Time 6:00 am Moonset Time 6:00 pm

Moonrise Time 6:00 am Moonset Time 6:00 pm

Waxing crescent

Waning crescent

New moon

New moon

Third quarter

First quarter Waxing gibbous Moonrise Time 9:00 am Moonset Time 9:00 pm

Moonrise Time 12:00 nn Moonset Time 12:00 mn

Moonrise Time 3:00 am Moonset Time 3:00 pm

ALL ABOUT THE MOON

The Moon is the Earth's only natural satellite. Although not the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, it is, among the satellites of major planets, the largest relative to the size of the object it orbits. Mass 7.3477×1022 kg Volume 2.1958×1010 km3 Perigee 362600 km Apogee 405400 km Orbital period 27 d 7 h 43.1 min

Full moon

Moonrise Time 6:00 pm Moonset Time 6:00 am

Waning gibbous Moonrise Time 3:00 am Moonset Time 3:00 pm

Moonrise Time 9:00 pm Moonset Time 9:00 am

American NEIL ARMSTRONG has become the first man to walk on the Moon in 1969. The astronaut stepped into the Moon's surface, at 0256 GMT, nearly 20 minutes after first opening the hatch on the Eagle landing craft.

Moonrise Time 12:00 mn Moonset Time 12:00 nn

DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MOON 384 400 km


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