Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Moon and its Phases

DID YOU KNOW?.....................

· The moon is the closest object to Earth and is ¼ times the size of the Earth.

· The moon is covered with craters made by rocks in space that smash into the moon.

· There is not any wind on the moon so astronaut's footsteps, like Neil Armstrong's, are there forever.

· The moon controls the Earths tides.

The phases of the Moon are: new moon, first quarter or crescent, full moon, and gibbous moon. When the moon is moving from small to large it's called waxing, and when it moves from large to small it is called waning.

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