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Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:54 pm
But this all a moot point, because there is no way that you could fit that many full moons in the sky.
The sky is 360 degrees around (including the half we can't see, below the horizon), so there are over 41,200 square degrees in the sky. The moon measures only a half degree across, which gives it an area of only 0.2 square degrees
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Both the Moon's natural prominence in the earthly sky and its regular cycle of phases as seen from Earth have provided cultural references and influences for human societies and cultures since time immemorial. Such cultural influences can be found in language, lunar calendar systems, art, and mythology.
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There are over 500,000 craters on the Moon’s surface.
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So you could fill up the entire sky, including the half that lies below our feet,  with 206,264 full moons — and still come up short by 191,836 in the effort to match the brightness of the sun.
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A lunar eclipse is when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon and a shadow is cast on the Moon.
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The first- or last-quarter moon is not one half as bright as a full moon
If the moon's surface were like a perfectly smooth billiard ball, its surface brightness would be the same all over.
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The usual English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is "the Moon", which in nonscientific texts is usually not capitalized
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A solar eclipse is when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth – causing a shadow to project onto the Earth’s surface.
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The Moon is unique in that it is the only spherical satellite orbiting a terrestrial planet. The reason for its shape is a result of its mass being great enough so that gravity pulls all of the Moon’s matter toward its center equally.

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The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which (like all Germanic language cognates) stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, which comes from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s "moon", "month", which comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- "to measure", the month being the ancient unit of time measured by the Moon
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Another distinct property the Moon possesses lies in its size compared to the Earth. At 3,475 km, the Moon’s diameter is over one fourth that of the Earth’s. In relation to its own size, no other planet has a moon as large.

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Occasionally, the name "Luna" is used. In literature, especially science fiction, "Luna" is used to distinguish it from other moons, while in poetry, the name has been used to denote personification of our moon
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For its size, however, the Moon’s mass is rather low. This means the Moon is not very dense. The explanation behind this lies in the formation of the Moon. It is believed that a large body, perhaps the size of Mars, struck the Earth early in its life
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The modern English adjective pertaining to the Moon is lunar, derived from the Latin word for the Moon, luna. The adjective selenic (usually only used to refer to the chemical element selenium) is so rarely used to refer to the Moon that this meaning is not recorded in most major dictionaries
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As a result of this collision a great deal of the young Earth’s outer mantle and crust was ejected into space. This material then began orbiting Earth and over time joined together due to gravitational forces, forming what is now Earth’s moon. Furthermore, since Earth’s outer mantle and crust are significantly less dense than its interior explains why the Moon is so much less dense than the Earth.
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It is derived from the Ancient Greek word for the Moon, σελήνη (selḗnē), from which is however also derived the prefix "seleno-", as in selenography, the study of the physical features of the Moon, as well as the element name selenium
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Both the Greek goddess Selene and the Roman goddess Diana were alternatively called Cynthia.
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When viewed from Earth, the many impact craters fround on the Moon’s surface are visible. The reason for this is simple. Unlike the Earth, the Moon is not geologically active, and so it does not possess an atmosphere nor does it possess volcanic activity. Consequently, the Moon does not undergo resurfacing as does the Earth.
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The names Luna, Cynthia, and Selene are reflected in terminology for lunar orbits in words such as apolune, pericynthion, and selenocentric.
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The name Diana comes from the Proto-Indo-European *diw-yo, "heavenly", which comes from the PIE root *dyeu- "to shine," which in many derivatives means "sky, heaven, and god" and is also the origin of Latin dies, "day".
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The Moon formed 4.51 billion years ago,[f] some 60 million years after the origin of the Solar System.
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Several forming mechanisms have been proposed, including the fission of the Moon from Earth's crust through centrifugal force (which would require too great an initial spin of Earth),the gravitational capture of a pre-formed Moon (which would require an unfeasibly extended atmosphere of Earth to dissipate the energy of the passing Moon), and the co-formation of Earth and the Moon together in the primordial accretion disk (which does not explain the depletion of metals in the Moon).
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These hypotheses also cannot account for the high angular momentum of the Earth–Moon system
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The prevailing hypothesis is that the Earth–Moon system formed after an impact of a Mars-sized body (named Theia) with the proto-Earth (giant impact).
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The impact blasted material into Earth's orbit and then the material accreted and formed the Moon
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