10 Facts about the Moon

Here is a list of 10 interesting facts about the moon!

41% of the moon is not visible from earth at any time.

Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history to not have a full moon.

In Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more that a hundred years before either moon was discovered!

Jupiter's moon Ganymede, is larger than the planet Mercury!

Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.

The earth is .02 degrees hotter during a full moon.

The moon is actually moving away from Earth at a rate of 1.5 inches per year.

The volume of the Earth's moon is the same as the volume of the Pacific Ocean.

There are three golf balls sitting on the moon.

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