10 Things To Learn About the Moon

Our Shining Moon: 10 Cool Facts About the Moon!

10 Things to Learn About The Moon

1. 🌙 The moon is Earth’s only natural satellite — it circles around us
2. 🌙 The moon doesn’t make its own light — it reflects light from the sun
3. 🌙 The moon changes shape in the sky over about a month — full, half, and crescent
4. 🌙 A day on the moon lasts about as long as a month on Earth
5. 🌙 The moon has no air to breathe
6. 🌙 There’s no wind or rain on the moon, so footprints can stay for years
7. 🌙 The moon is much smaller than Earth
8. 🌙 Astronauts have walked on the moon and left flags there
9. 🌙 The moon pulls on Earth’s oceans and helps make waves
10. 🌙 On a clear night, you can see dark spots on the moon called craters

Try it: Look outside tonight and draw what shape the moon is. Check again next week — did it change?

Activity: Moon Phase Cookies

Use Oreo cookies to show the different phases of the moon. Twist the cookies open and scrape away some of the frosting to make shapes like a full moon, half-moon, and crescent moon.