MOON
HISTORY
The USA’s NASA Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was the first manned Moon landing
The first person to set foot on the Moon was Neil Armstrong
The Moon was created around 4.6 billion years ago.
The Moon is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System, and it is the second-brightest object in the sky after the Sun.
The Moon orbits the Earth once every 27 days
From Earth we only ever see around 60% of the Moon’s surface
The Moon’s surface is actually dark
The Moon was made when a rock smashed into Earth
The Moon has quakes too
PHASES
The side of the Moon that can be seen from Earth is called the near side, while the other side is called the far side – it is sometimes referred to as the dark side