MOON : Some Important Factors

MOON : Some Important Factors

Average Distance From Earth

14,95,98,900 km

Diameter

13,91,980 km

Ratio of diameter of Moon to that of Earth

1:3.7

Rotation Period

27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 sec

Revolution Period

27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 sec

Time Taken by Moonlight to reach earth

1.3 Sec

Percent of surface visible from Earth

59%

First Man to reach Moon

Neil Armstrong and Edvin Aldrin on Apollo XI (1969)

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