Facts About the Moon That You Should Know by Now

Fun Facts About the Moon

Each full moon has a name, Snow Moon in February, Harvest Moon in September and Hunters Moon in October.

Moon is not round but it is egg shaped.

12 people have walked on the surface of the moon.

Ice and water has been found on moon.

The oldest lunar rock collected from moon is 4.5 billion years old.

Moon is the fifth biggest moon in the solar system.

The temperature ranges on Moon are very extreme.

Moon echoes: when Apollo 12 and 13 crashed onto moon, the impacted created artificial moonquake and moon reverberated like a bell for hours.

On the side of the moon that the sun is shining on, the temperature reaches 260°Fahrenheit!

On the dark side of the moon, it gets very cold, -280° Fahrenheit.