Facts about the Moon

Until now the moon has a fascination for researchers. The Moon save a lot of unsolved mysteries. In fact there are still many questions that are still searched the answer by scientists. The Moon doesn't emit its own light. The moonlight reflected light comes from the sun.

Here are interesting facts of the moon

1. The origin of the Moon
After the solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago. A rock about the size of Mars hitting the Earth, which then formed the Moon.

2. Name of position the Moon
Earth and moon are both rotates in their orbits.
While at the farthest distance from the Earth, this is called a lunar eclipse and the moon is not visible completely.

Full Moon happened when the Earth is almost parallel between the sun and the moon. So that the entire surface of the moon will be lighted by the sun. When that happens the moon is very beautiful.

Meanwhile, if the position of the moon is on the side of the Earth and the Sun the only portion of the light of the sun illuminates the moon. This position is called a crescent moon.

3. The Moon often called as a planet
the Moon is larger than Pluto, around a quarter the size of Earth. Some researchers thinks that the moon is more like a planet, because of the shared system orbit the moon and Earth. Moon and the Earth are often called the double planet.

4. The Moon influence the tide
The Moon's gravity affects the ocean tides on Earth. The tide happened when the new moon or the full moon.

5. The Moon is moving away from earth
At the beginning of the formation of the moon, the moon's distance with the Earth only 22,530 miles. Currently, the distance between the moon and the Earth has reached 450,000 kilometers. It is affected by the Earth's gravity, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. If the Earth's gravity is not strong anymore, one day, the moon will leave the Earth.