Moon topic
Also known as
- Lune,
- La luna,
- לבנה,
- ירח,
- Earth's moon,
- Luna,
- The Moon
The Moon is the earth's companion satellite, though some astronomers believe that it approaches being a planet in its own right. The Moon is large enough for its gravity to affect the Earth, stabilising its orbit and producing the regular ebb and flow of the tides. The Moon is also familiar to us for its different phases, waxing and waning in appearance in an unchanging cycle. For this reason, astrologers consider the moon to be at least secondary in importance to the sun in astrological terms,...
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| Geolocation |
| Contains |
| Contained by |
| Adjoins |
| Area |
- 37,930,000,000.0km²,
- 3.793km²
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| GNIS ID |
| GEOnet feature ID |
| Time zone(s) |
| Geometry |
| Magnitude |
- -12.74
| Declination |
| Right Ascension |
| Distance |
- 0.0pc
| Hipparcos Catalog Number |
| Spectral Type |
| Color Index |
| Absolute Magnitude |
| Orbits |
| Orbital Order |
- 1
| Periapsis |
- 363,104.0km
| Aoapsis |
- 405,696.0km
| Orbit Eccentricity |
- 0.0549
| Orbital Period |
- 27.32158d
| Average Orbital Speed |
- 1.022km/s
| Orbit Type |
| Semi-major Axis |
- 384,399.0km
| Inclination |
| Orbited by |
| Epoch |
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