Space · The Moon
Craters, phases, footprints, and why the Moon looks different every night.
Space / The Moon
Phases, craters, and the only place humans have walked beyond Earth.
238,855 mi
Average distance
27 days
Orbit around Earth
1/6
Gravity vs Earth
1969
First human landing
The basics
The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite — a rocky world covered in craters, dust, and ancient lava plains called maria.
Phases
As the Moon orbits Earth, we see different amounts of its sunlit side — from new moon to full moon and back again.
No — there’s no air. Astronauts need spacesuits with oxygen.
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