THE MOON

Tides

Eclipses

Phases

Characteristics

It is about 384.400 km away

It is four times smaller than the Earth

It rotates on it axis and it orbits the Earth

28 days

LUNAR MONTH

It hasn't its own light. The Sun lights up the Moon

It has very little gravity

There aren't air and atmosphere

It is very cold at night (-173ºC)
It is very hot during the day (127ºC)

It has a lot of craters because of the meteorites

There are mountains and rocks

When it changes it shape because of the Sun's light

First Quarter
Full Moon
Third Quarter
New Moon

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It is when one celestial body moves in the shadow of another

Solar eclipse

Lunar eclipse

The Moon blocks the light from the Sun and the sunlight can't reach the Earth

The Earth blocks the light from the Sun.

They are when the sea levels change

The Moon's gravity isn't as strong as the Earth's. However it is strong enough to influence the tides on Earth

There are four tides a day

2 High tides

2 Low tides

When the water comes inland

When the water moves further away from the land