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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"
Moonrise Over Seattle
30/01/2002
An Apollo 17 Panorama
28/01/2002
Earth Rise
27/01/2002
Ski Enceladus
24/01/2002
Apollo 17's Moonship
05/01/2002
Asteroid 1998 WT24 Passes Near Earth
24/12/2001
Partial Eclipse, Cloudy Day
21/12/2001
Moon Struck
08/12/2001
Lunar Dust and Duct Tape
10/11/2001
The Earth and Moon Planetary System
15/10/2001
Eclipsed Moon in Infrared
15/09/2001
Moon Occults Saturn
08/09/2001
Moon AND Sun
07/09/2001
Moon AND Stars
06/09/2001
Magnetars In The Sky
01/09/2001
Mercury: A Cratered Inferno
19/08/2001
The 47 Ursae Majoris System
17/08/2001
Tycho and Copernicus: Lunar Ray Craters
09/08/2001
Madagascar Totality
26/07/2001
Welcome to the Moon Hotel
13/07/2001
Bakasa Eclipse Sequence
06/07/2001
Moonbow with Sailboats
04/07/2001
Moonlight, Mars, and Milky Way
27/06/2001
Diamond Ring in the Sun
21/06/2001
Total Eclipse of the Active Sun
20/06/2001
Apollo 17's Lunar Rover
09/06/2001
Saturn The Giant
25/05/2001
Strange Orange Soil on the Moon
23/05/2001
Crater Copernicus
13/05/2001
Shepard Flies Freedom 7
05/05/2001