The Moon is a small rock that takes just a month (twenty-eight days) to orbit the Earth.

The Moon by Alistair

Phases of The Moon• Blue Moon is basically in

fairytales for example The

Smurfs by Peyo. A lot of

people do believe in the

blue moon but not me. I

would explain this as

fantasy. The blue moon is

real but it doesn’t actually

appear blue! This year it

appeared orange!

• Total lunar eclipses  are rare – only about one in three lunar eclipses are total. About four to five total eclipses can be seen at any place on Earth in a decade.

• Lunar eclipses usually do not occur in any specific order. However, every once in a while, four total lunar eclipses happen in a row.

• This is called a lunar tetrad. The total lunar eclipses happen 6 months apart. There are at least six full Moons between two total lunar eclipses in a tetrad. Also known as a blood moon.

What is the moon?• The Earth’s only natural

satellite It is a piece of rock

that orbits the Earth every

27.3 days that is why a

month is called a month,

(moonth) because a month

is normally around 28 days

and it takes the moon 27.3

days to orbit Earth.

Where is the moon?• New Moon - The Moon's

unilluminated side is facing

the Earth. Waxing Crescent

- The Moon appears to be

partly but less than one-half

illuminated by direct

sunlight. First Quarter -

One-half of the Moon

appears to be illuminated

by direct sunlight.

What is the moon made of?• The Moon is made from

many of the same things

that we find here on Earth.

Scientists studied about 800

pounds of moon rocks

brought back by the Apollo

astronauts. Their tests

showed that the rocks from

the Moon are similar to

three kinds of igneous rocks

that are found here on

Earth: basalt, anorthosites,

and breccias.

Visiting the moon.• A moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the

surface of the Moon. This includes both manned and

unmanned (robotic) missions. The first human-made

object to reach the surface of the Moon was

the Soviet Union's Luna 2 mission, on 13 September

1959.[3]

• The United States' Apollo 11 was the first manned

mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969.

[4] There have been six manned U.S

landings (between 1969 and 1972) and numerous

unmanned landings, with no soft landings happening

from 22 August 1976 until 14 December 2013.

• To date, the United States is the only country to have

successfully conducted manned missions to the

Moon.

Chinese New YearChinese New Year in 2015 was on February the 8th.

MatarikiMatariki is celebrated in Winter, June every year. It is celebrated as Maori New Year.

Lunar Calendars

EasterFriday (April 6) brings us the first full moon of the new spring season. The official moment that the moon turns full is 19:19 UT, or 3:19 p.m. EDT.

Traditionally, the April full moon is known as "the Pink Moon," supposedly as a tribute to the grass pink or wild ground phlox, considered one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other monikers include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and, among coastal Native American tribes, the Full Fish Moon, for when the shad came upstream to spawn.

Lunar Calendars part 2

What else does the moon do?• The moon also has tales about it. For

instance werewolves. The story about

werewolves is when a full moon shows

some men turn into werewolves. But

really? Do you think that could happen?

Probably not.

• How would it be on Earth if the Moon had

never existed? Would we be in trouble if

our celestial satellite were to leave us?

• The question arose one evening after

Christmas, fittingly beneath a nearly full

Moon. What if this bright sphere we are so

accustomed to in the sky just weren’t

there? How would our planet get by

without it?

What else does the moon do? Part 2• A few consequences come immediately to mind: Neil

Armstrong’s life would have been less exciting. Audrey

Hepburn wouldn’t have sat on the stairs with a guitar

and played “Moon River” in the movie Breakfast at

Tiffany’s. And the myth of werewolves wouldn’t have

existed – at least not in the form we know it today.

• And of course it would be darker at night.

But what major outcome would it have on the Earth in

general?

We contacted Kaare Aksnes, professor emeritus at the

Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of

Oslo for an answer.

• “In short we would have less difference between high

and low tides, shorter days and a more extreme

climate,” he says.

More info about the Blue moonA Blue moon is when there are

two full moons in one calendar

month. The next Blue moon

will occur in 2018 January 31,

an unexpected twist will

happen. Another Blue moon

will be in March 31 2018 too!

Can’t wait. I wonder if it will

actually be blue! Probably not.Thanks for reading!