The moon is a natural satellite, which revolves around the earth. It is one of the most romantic figures of all time, considering the amount of times it is used in songs about love and romance. It is the epitome of romance. But, how much do you know about this beautiful creation of God?
Here are 10 facts about moon that you need to know right now!
The dark side of the moon is a myth.
In reality, both sides of the Moon see the same amount of sunlight, however, only one face of the Moon is ever seen from Earth. This is because the Moon rotates around on its own axis in exactly the same time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the same side is always facing the Earth. The side facing away from Earth has only been seen by the human eye from the spacecraft. Isn’t it the best facts about moon!?From the moon’s perspective, even the Earth has different phases
The Earth, seen from the moon, also goes through phases. However, they are opposite to the lunar phases that we see from the Earth. It’s a full Earth when it’s a new moon for us; last-quarter Earth when we’re seeing a first-quarter moon; a crescent Earth when we’re seeing a gibbous moon, and when the Earth is at new phase we’re seeing a full moon.The moon is going away
The moon is moving away from us by 3.78 cm every year. It is estimated that it will continue to do so for around 50 billion years. By the time that happens, the Moon will be taking around 47 days to orbit the Earth instead of the current 27.3 days.You sleep well on New Moon!
A study found that people experience the best sleep during new moon and the worst sleep during full moon!Man will soon set foot on the Moon again!
NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon to set up a permanent space station. Mankind may once again walk on the moon in 2019, if all goes according to plan.The moon was created due to a collision!
According to scientists, the Moon was formed as a result of a giant impact or giant whack of Earth with mars sized planet, which resulted in the Moon.The shape of the Moon is not what you think it is
The moon is actually not round in shape. In fact the Moon is shaped like an egg.What exactly is a blue Moon?
You might have heard about the phrase ‘Once in a Blue Moon’ quite often, but do you know what a blue moon is? If there are 2 full moons in the same month, the second one is called a blue moon.
It’s smelly
According to NASA, the moon dust smells like gunpowder!Ever wondered why Sun and Moon look exactly the same size, from earth?
The size of the moon is much smaller than the size of the sun, then why do they look of the same size from earth, ever imagined? This is because, even though the size of the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, the sun is 400 times further away from the moon! And, so the moon and the sun appear about the exact same size!
