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Interesting facts about the Moon

Astronomy Photographer of the Year photographers share their top facts about the Moon.

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1. The Moon is Earth’s only permanent natural satellite

It is the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System, and the largest among planetary satellites relative to the size of the planet that it orbits.

2. The Moon is the second densest satellite

Among those whose densities are known anyway. The first densest is Jupiter’s satellite Io.

3. The Moon always shows Earth the same face

The Moon is in synchronous rotation with Earth. Its near side is marked by large dark plains (volcanic ‘maria’) that fill the spaces between the bright ancient crustal highlands and the prominent impact craters. Learn more about the Moon’s phases

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Although compared to the night sky it appears very bright, with a reflectance just slightly higher than that of worn asphalt. Its gravitational influence produces the ocean tides, body tides, and the slight lengthening of the day.​

5. The Sun and the Moon are not the same size

From Earth, both the Sun and the Moon look about same size. In fact the Moon is 400 times smaller than the Sun, but also 400 times closer to Earth.

6. The Moon is drifting away from the Earth

The Moon is moving approximately 3.8 cm away from our planet every year.

7. The Moon was made when a rock smashed into Earth

The most widely-accepted explanation is that the Moon was created when a rock the size of Mars slammed into Earth, shortly after the solar system began forming about 4.5 billion years ago.

8. The Moon makes the Earth move as well as the tides

Everyone knows that the Moon is partly responsible for causing the tides of our oceans and seas on Earth, with the Sun also having an effect.

However, as the Moon orbits the Earth it also causes a tide of rock to rise and fall in the same way as it does with the water. The effect is not as dramatic as with the oceans, but nevertheless it is a measurable effect, with the solid surface of the Earth moving by several centimetres with each tide.

9. The Moon has quakes too

They’re not called earthquakes but moonquakes. They are caused by the gravitational influence of the Earth. Unlike quakes on Earth that last only a few minutes at most, moonquakes can last up to half an hour. They are much weaker than earthquakes though.

10. There is water on the Moon!

This is in the form of ice trapped within dust and minerals on and under the surface. It has been detected on areas of the lunar surface that are in permanent shadow and are therefore very cold, enabling the ice to survive. The water on the Moon was likely delivered to the surface by comets.

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The Solar and Lunar Eclipse

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Another update featuring fanart for the Sun and Moon Show! Part of it is going to be stuff I've already posted before, except spruced up!
 
 
 
  
 
(October edit: the picture above is the latest version of the drawing, but I wanted to leave the original for comparison. Lunar's eyes have been changed, some of his colors have been pulled more to blue rather than purplish, and his hat has a little puff at the end.)
 
 
 
  
 
For starters, the brand new art! I drew my designs of Eclipse and his little brother Lunar! I mainly followed the design of Eclipse's model, then I kind of went wild on Lunar's design.
I used a suggestion from AT and colored his eyes the inverse of the other and the mark on his ribbons- rather than an eclipsed sun like my fanon Eclipse- is a reverse null sign with sun rays. And I posed him like Suoh Genji.
For Lunar, his model has this fluffy collar and this strange camouflage design on his body and pants, so I decided to make him a cloudy boy with some crescent moons in places. I also gave him a long sockhat rather than a nightcap, and used the fluffy collar from his model rather than a frill collar.
I did post this art to the SAMS fanart Discord the morning after its completion, aaand it's actually pretty rough. I forgot Lunar's bells, his moon pin, and the bit of his cap between his arm and torso was apparently uncolored. Big oof. 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
Next up, the first fanarts I did for the SAMS have been spiffed up! I fixed the expressions, some of Eclipse's wonky rays, and I changed the brim of Moon's nightcap to look better.
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
Aaand lastly those same panels, but Eclipse is in his full form rather than Sun's form. Ironically, I like the first comic way better this way, but prefer the second comic with the Sun form.
It was such a dang pain to recolor the comicsss aH-