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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"
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
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