It doesn’t really – it’s ball-shaped just like the Earth, but as the Moon travels around the Earth, you see different amounts of its sunlit half. It seems to change gradually from a crescent to a disc, and back again.
Why does the Moon have so many craters?
Because it has been pelted by so many space rocks and has no atmosphere to protect it. One of the biggest craters, called BailIy, is nearly 300 km across. You can make out some of the craters using a good pair of binoculars.
Amazing! You can jump higher on the Moon. The Moon’s gravity is much weaker than Earth’s. This means you would only weigh about a sixth of your Earth-weight there – and you’d be able to jump six times higher!
What is the dark side of the Moon?
It’s the part of the Moon that we can never see from Earth. The Moon takes the same time to orbit the Earth as it does to spin once. This means the same side of the Moon always faces away from the Earth.
Is it true? There are seas on the Moon.
Yes and no. There are dark, rocky plains and craters called maria (Latin for ‘seas’), but they don’t contain water. The first astronauts to visit the Moon landed on the Sea of Tranquility.
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