Moon Features
Maria
Highlands
Craters
Lunar Soil
Dark lava covered flat areas of
the moon.
Lighter colored hills on the
moon’s surface.
Round holes from impacts.
Rock chunks and
Some have RAYS from debris
that is tossed out.
Crater and Rays
AND
Regolith dust that is a few
inches thick
Moon Motions
The moon rises and sets like the sun
each day
except
The moon rotates
and revolves in 27 1/3 days.
We only see one side of the moon!!!!!
Earth
55 minutes LATER
every 24 hours
due to the moon’s
revolution around the earth.
Moon
rotates
and
revolves
in
27 1/3 days