What can we learn about the moon?

Have you ever took a look at the moon in the sky at night?

Well, some times I see it like this

It’s a little bit dark

And other times I see it like this

Now it’s shinny

So is the moon really shinny or not?The moon is not shinny, it only appears shinny to us because it reflects the sunlight.

The properties of the moon:- Low let’s take a journey up to the moon & take a closer look at it.

(1 )Size-First if we take a look from our space ship, we’ll see that the moon is smaller than the earth

(2 )The temperature

-During daytime: The temperature on the moon is so hot that could boil water.

-During night time: It’s so cold , colder than any place on earth.

(3 )Rocks

- The rocks of the moon are similar to the rocks of the earth.

(4 )Air & Water

-There is no water on the moon at all.

-Also, there is no air on the surface of the moon & that’s why astronauts wear oxygen cylinders when they travel to the moon.

(5 )Surface

-The surface of the moon contain few tall mountains and flat plains.

-Most of the surface is covered with craters (hollow pit in the ground caused by meteoroids)

- Every day the ocean’s water rises & fall again,

this is called: tides

The Earth’s tides

The Earth’s tides: The daily rise and fall of the ocean’s surface.

High tide Low tide

There is something about the moon that confuses me, some

times it has different shapes in the sky

No dear, the moon doesn’t have different shapes, it just have

different phases

Phases???? What does this word means?

Well, let’s learn all about this word “phases”

The phases of the moonRemember that: the moon is not shinny, but we only see it shinny because it reflect the sunlight , this is why it

appears to us lightened.

Phases of the moon-The moon is a sphere “like a ball” that rotates

around the earth.-It takes 29 days for the moon to make one

complete rotation around the moon.-As the moon rotates around the earth, different

parts of the moon appears to us and it depends on the amount of the part of the moon that is lit by the sun.

-These different parts are called: “phases”

The Moon phases

Phase (1)The New

moon -It occur when the moon is between the sun & the earth.- The moon looks totally dark in this phase, because the lit part of the moon Is away from the sun & we can only see the dark side of the sun.

Phase (2)First

quarter-As the moon move around the earth, a bigger part is start to appear now and we can see a bigger part of the moon.- Now the moon is called: “First quarter”

It looks like half an orange

Phase (3)Full Moon

-Now we can see the moon completely, it’s totally shinny & very beautiful-This phase of the moon is called: “Full moon”

It looks like a ball or a sphere

Phase (4)Last quarter

-The moon again becomes half –shinny & half-dark , but this time the left side is the shinny side- This phase is called: “ Third quarter”