2. Earth’s Moon 

3.  The Moon’s average distance from the
Earth is 384,403 km
• Perigee - the closest point to the earth
and in this stage that the moon appears
larger. The Moon is 363,104 km away
from the earth.
• Apogee - the most distance point, the
distance of the moon from the Earth is
405,504 km.

4. • Sidereal Month – is the time taken for
the moon to make one revolution from
particular star back to the same star. It
averages 27.32166 days.
• Lunar or Synodic Month – refers to
the time required for the moon to pass
from a particular phase back to the same
phase.
It averages 29.53059 days.

5. - The Moon’s Diameter is about 3,480 km or just ¼ of
that the earth. To compare, the moon’s mass is just
about 1.2% of that of the earth.
- The average density of the moon is only 3/5 of that
of the earth and pull of gravity is only 1/6 than that of
the earth’s gravity.