Average distance from Earth
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3,84,365 km
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Diameter
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3,476 km
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Ratio of diameter of moon to that of earth
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1 : 3.7
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Rotation speed
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27 days, 2hrs, 43 min & 11.47Sec.
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Revolution Speed
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27 days, 7hrs, 43 min & 11.47 Sec.
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Time taken by moonlight to reach earth
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1.3 Sec
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Percent of surface visible from earth
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59%
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First man to reach moon
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Neil Armstrong and Edvin Aldrin on Apollo XI (1969)
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