Moon

The Moon is the only moon of the planet Earth. It takes it a (lunar) month to rotate around the Earth as well as around its axis – it is tidally locked with the Earth there we only see one side of the Moon.

Earth and Moon on 11th February 2021 zem-mesiac-20210211021209Photo by DSCOVR probe from 11th February 2021 when the Moon passed in front of the Earth. We can see the far side of the Moon. Due to slightly tilted orbit of the Moon, there was no solar eclipse in that time.

Moon
Distance from the Earthreal384 400 km
in scale83 cm
light from Earth reaches in1.3 s
Distance variability from the Earthreal363 300 km to 405 500 km
in scale78  to 87 cm
light from Earth reaches in1.2 s to 1.4 s
Diameterreal3 476 km
as a multiple of our Moon1.00 x
in scale7.49 mm
Orbit periodaround Earth27.3 days
Movement in a daydegrees13.2 °
in our scale19 cm
Massreal7.348*1022 kg
in scale0.736 g
as a multiple of our Moon1.00x
Moon obr-Q405

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