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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Amazing Moon Facts

Average Distance From Earth 14,95,98,900 km
Diameter 13,91,980 km
Ratio of diameter of Moon to that of Earth 1:3.7
Rotation Period 27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 sec
Revolution Period 27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 sec
Time Taken by Moonlight to reach earth 1.3 Sec
Percent of surface visible from Earth 59%
First Man to reach Moon Neil Armstrong and Edvin Aldrin on
Apollo XI (1969 )