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2. The Moon

The Earth’s only satellite is called the Moon

It is around 384,000 kilometres away from the Earth. It revolves around the Earth and takes 281⁄4 days to do it. The Moon has four different phases that can be appreciated from the Earth:

  1. New moon. The moon faces to the Earth its invisible side (not lit by the sun)
  2. Waxing crescent (first quarter)
  3. Full moon. Its visible side is completely lit by the sun and can be seen from the Earth.
  4. Waning crescent (third quarter )

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