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Solar Eclipses When the moon is directly bewteen Earth and the sun, an eclipse of the sun, or a solar eclipse occurs. If the moon is close to earth a total eclipse occurs. When the moon is far away from Earth the moon's shadow does not fall on earth's surface, and an annular eclipse occurs.
Moon Facts!
The Earth has one moon.. Our moon has eight different phases. We have Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses. This happens because of the Earth's shadow and the moon. A lot of stuff ends up happening with the moon.. Read all the other facts that are about the moon now.
Moon Craters One of the first features that you notice when looking at pictures of the moon's surface is thousands of craters.
Lunar Eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes directly into Earth's Shadow.
Atmosphere: Expept for light gases.The moon has no atmospere. Range of Temperature: 260 degress F. to -280 degress F. at the equator.
Revoultion of Earth: 27 days 7hrs. 43mins. Surface Gravity: approximately 1/6 pf Earth Escape Velocity; 1 1/2 mi/sec (2 . 4 km/ sec)
Distance from Earth: 252,711 mi. ( 406,699 km) max 221,456 mi. ( 356,399 km) min Diameter: 2160 mi. ( 3476 km) Rotation period: 27 days 7hrs. 43mins.
