Moon

Moon

1. 5th Largest in the Solar System

   • No atmosphere, no air, as far as we know no life

2. phases of the moon

   • Appears in different shapes according to how much we can see from it
     • 1.new moon
       • 2.waxing crescent
         • 3.first quarter
           • 4.waxing gibbous
             • 5.full moon
               • 6.waning gibbous
                 • 7.last quarter
                   • 8.wanning greset

3. Non-Luminous: - it reflects light from the sun

4. Satellite - an object orbiting a larger object - can be natural or artificial

   • The moon in kept by Earth's gravitational pull

5. Eclipses

   • Lunar
     • the moon will not receive light to reflect. it will be very dark.
   • Solar
     • Sun blocked out by the moon - on Earth there is a shadow
   • sun
   • moon
   • earth