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Moon

Also known as The Moon, ☾, Luna, ☽, Earth I, Sol IIIa, Lua

The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of , a distance roughly 30 times the width of Earth. It completes an orbit (lunar month) in relation to Earth and the Sun (synodically) every 29.5 days. The Moon and Earth are bound by gravitational attraction, which is stronger on the sides facing each other. The resulting tidal forces are the main driver of Earth's tides, and have pulled the Moon to always face Earth with the same near side. This tidal locking effectively synchronizes the Moon's rotation period (lunar day) to its orbital period (lu

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The Moon is a planetary-mass regular moon in a high Earth orbit around its parent body, Earth. It is part of the Earth-Moon system and has an orbital eccentricity of 0.0567. Its semi-major axis is 384400, and it completes an orbital period of 27.321661. The object has an apparent magnitude of -12.74 and a radius of 1738.14. Its mass is 73.4767, with a flattening of 0.00125.

The Moon possesses an atmosphere, lunar soil, and the Montes Pyrenaeus. It exhibits a magnetic field and moonquakes. It was named after brightness and has existed for about 4527 million years. The Unicode characters ☾ and ☽ represent the subject. It is described by sources including the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. The topic appears in the Commons category and gallery for Moon.

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Key facts

Planet.name: Moon
Planet.apsis: gee
Planet.symbol: 24px|☾|class=skin-invert or 24px|☽|class=skin-invert
Planet.image: FullMoon2010.jpg
Planet.image_alt: Full Moon in the darkness of the night sky. It is patterned with a mix of light-tone regions and darker, irregular blotches, and scattered with varied circles surrounded by out-thrown rays of bright ejecta: impact craters.
Planet.caption: Near side of the Moon, lunar north pole at top
Planet.background: Thistle
Planet.mpc_name: Earth I
Planet.periapsis:  km(– km)
Planet.apoapsis:  km(– km)
Planet.mean_orbit_radius: (; 1/384 AU; )
Planet.semimajor: (; 1/389 AU; )
Planet.inclination: 5.145° to the ecliptic
Planet.satellite_of: Earth
Planet.equatorial_radius: (0.2725 of Earth's)
Planet.polar_radius: (0.2731 of Earth's)
Planet.mean_radius: (0.2727 of Earth's)
Planet.circumference: (equatorial)

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Research

50,784 papers

The Moon-Forming Impact and the Autotrophic Origin of Life.ReviewChemPlusChem · 2023Mrnjavac N, Wimmer JLE, Brabender M et al.DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300270
Man on the moon.ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry · 2019Guerrier SDOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30230-5
The moon and madness reconsidered.ReviewJournal of affective disorders · 1999Raison CL, Klein HM, Steckler MDOI: 10.1016/s0165-0327(99)00016-6
I love you to the moon: a tale of compassion.Intensive care medicine · 2023Bairkdar LDOI: 10.1007/s00134-023-07037-4
Look at the Moon, Not the Finger Pointing to It.JACC. Cardiovascular interventions · 2021Koo BK, Yang SDOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.08.018
Moon/sun - suicide.Reviews on environmental health · 2018Kmetty Z, Tomasovszky Á, Bozsonyi KDOI: 10.1515/reveh-2017-0039
Don't Blame It on the Moon.Issues in mental health nursing · 2023Kaufmann KDOI: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2164912
Medical considerations for a return to the Moon.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2019Anderton R, Posselt B, Komorowski M et al.DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqz099

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: regular moon
Part of: Earth-Moon system
Has part: lunar soil
Named after: brightness
Area: 37930000
Highest point: Selenean summit
Parent body: Earth
Child body: Chandrayaan-2
Distance from Earth: 385000.5
Diameter: 3476.2
Radius: 1735.97
Mass: 73.4767
Orbital period: 27.321661
Image: Artemis II in Eclipse.jpg
Has use: colonization of the Moon

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type of orbit: high Earth orbit
apparent magnitude: -12.74
orbital eccentricity: 0.054908
Commons category: Moon
inception: 4527000000
topic's main category: Category:Moon
flattening: 0.00125
Commons gallery: Moon
topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Moon
Unicode character: ☽
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has characteristic: moonquake
semi-major axis of an orbit: 384400
albedo: 0.136
history of topic: origin of the Moon
surface gravity: 1.62
diocese: Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando
orbital inclination: 5.145
patronage: 12
temperature: 390
angular diameter: 34.1
density: 3.344
volume as quantity: 21968000000
apoapsis: 405500
periapsis: 363300
synodic period: 29.530589
P8168: Paul Amédée Ludovic Savatier
topic has template: Template:The Moon
located on astronomical body: Moon
lowest point: Antoniadi
attendance: 12
native label: Moon
depicted by: the Moon in fiction
has effect: lunar orbit

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Names and etymology
Classification
Natural history
Formation
Natural development
Lunar geologic timescale
Future
Physical characteristics
Size and mass
Structure
Gravitational field
Magnetic field
Atmosphere
Surface conditions
Surface features
Volcanic features
Impact craters
Lunar swirls
Presence of water
Earth–Moon system
Orbit
Orbital center
Tidal effects
System evolution
Orientation and appearance
Rotation
Illumination and phases
Observational phenomena
Albedo and true color of the surface
Eclipses
Moon illusion
{{anchor|Exploration}} History of scientific understanding and exploration
Pre-telescopic observation (before 1609)
Telescopic exploration (1609–1959)
First missions to the Moon (1959–1976)
Moon Treaty and explorational absence (1976–1990)
Renewed exploration (1990–present)
Future
Human interaction and presence
Human impact
Astronomy from the Moon
Living on the Moon
Legal status
Coordination and regulation
In culture and life
Timekeeping
Cultural representation
Crescent
Other associations
Representation in modern culture
Lunar effect
See also
Explanatory notes
References
Further reading
External links
Cartographic resources

Surface absorbed dose rate13.2 μGy/h (during lunar daytime) Surface equivalent dose rate57.0 μSv/h (during lunar daytime) Apparent magnitude −2.5 to −12.9 −12.74 (mean full moon)

Absolute magnitude (H) 0.2 Angular diameter 29.3 to 34.1 arcminutes Atmosphere Surface pressure 10 Pa (1 picobar) (day) 10 Pa (1 femtobar) (night)

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