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﻿Fun Facts about the Moon!


 * The moon takes 28 days to go around the Earth
 * The moon is 4.5 billion years old
 * 238,900 miles away from Earth
 * 1/4 of the size of the Earth
 * The Moon does not change its shape
 * The surface of the moon has craters, lave plains, mountains, and valleys
 * The Moon was first visited in 1959 by the Soviet Union
 * The first man on the Moon was on July 20, 1969
 * Diameter of 3,476 kilometers
 * Causes tides in the Earth's oceans
 * The Moon's deepest craters are 15,000ft
 * There are no clouds on the Moon