NASA (Space Views 3)

MOON VIEWS

    The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest moon in the solar system. The Moon's presence helps stabilize our planet's wobble, which helps stabilize our climate. The Moon's distance from Earth is about 240,000 miles (385,000km). The Moon has a very thin atmosphere called an exosphere.

    

THE MOON The moon is Earth's only natural satellite. The moon is a cold, dry orb whose surface is studded with craters and strewn with rocks and dust (called regolith). The moon has no atmosphere. ... The same side of the moon always faces the Earth.