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The Moon
The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite—a rocky, cratered body about one‑quarter the diameter of Earth, orbiting at an average distance of approximately 384,400 km. It influences tides, stabilizes Earth’s axial tilt, and was formed about 4.5 billion years ago following a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "The Moon"
Eclipse Over Acacia
03/12/2002
Surveyor Hops
30/11/2002
Mare Orientale
23/11/2002
A Lunar Rille
29/10/2002
The Galaxy and the Quasar
07/10/2002
Accretion Disk Simulation
27/09/2002
X-Ray Moon
14/09/2002
Aristarchus Plateau
13/09/2002
Voyager Views Titan's Haze
05/09/2002
Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
27/07/2002
Footprints on Another World
20/07/2002
Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater
13/07/2002
Lunar Module at Taurus-Littrow
28/06/2002
Asteroids in the Distance
23/06/2002
The Moon & Venus Over Geneva
19/06/2002
Jupiter's Rings Revealed
16/06/2002
A Partial Eclipse Over the Golden Gate Bridge
12/06/2002
Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire
10/06/2002
A Fleeting Eclipse
08/06/2002
Love and War by Moonlight
24/05/2002
Saturn's Moon Tethys
19/05/2002
Natural Saturn On The Cassini Cruise
11/05/2002
The Moons of Earth
04/05/2002
The Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms
19/04/2002
Planets in the West
18/04/2002
Hubble Resolves Expiration Date For Green Cheese Moon
01/04/2002
The Colorful Moon
16/03/2002
Saturn at the Lunar Limb
22/02/2002
Moon Over Mongolia
09/02/2002
EUVE Sky Map
31/01/2002