Moon Facts

                  The moon is about 225,745 miles from Earth.

                  It takes the moon twenty-nine and a half days to orbit Earth.

                  The new moon always rises at sunrise, the first quarter moon at noon. The full moon rises at sunset, the last quarter moon at midnight.

                  “Blood around the moon” is an atmospheric condition produced by high, thin clouds.

                  The moon affects the ocean tides (because of its magnetic pull) and the hunting habits of nocturnal animals.

                  Luna is the Latin word for moon.

                  The August moon is called the full corn moon.

                  A blue moon is a second full moon in a calendar month.

                  During an address to Congress on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stated: “First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11, with astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin, successfully landed on the moon.

                  The Man in the Moon does exist. Look up on a moonlit night and make a wish.