moon

     

The Moon (Latin: Luna) is Earth's only natural satellite an the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System.

Trivia about moon

  • The first object in our solar system discovered by telescope was not a planet but one of these
  • The human race really spread its wings when the space vehicle "The Eagle" landed here July 20, 1969
  • In February 1972 a Soviet spacecraft soft-landed here & then returned rock samples to the Earth
  • In Roman mythology Luna was a goddess of this heavenly body
  • [Hi, I'm Melissa Joan Hart] It's a source of a modern witch's power; the Witches' Almanac shows its monthly phases
  • In 1959 the Soviet Union's Luna 3 became the first space probe to photograph the far side of this celestial body
  • Charles Duke, Jr. got to go into space only once, but he did get to go here!
  • In 1959 its "dark side" was seen for the first time
  • The U.S. Ranger spacecrafts were designed to crash-land on this heavenly body
  • The mission of the Apollo space program of the 1960s & '70s was to land men on this celestial body
  • Sir Philip Sidney addressed this satellite, "With how sad steps...thou climb'st the skies!"
  • Galileo's first discovery in 1609 was that the surface of this is not smooth, but pitted
  • In a 1901 sci fi romance, Wells told a tale of "the first men in" this heavenly body, where they meet the Selenites
  • To bay or bark at this is an exercise in futility
  • Russia's Lunokhod I was the first wheeled vehicle used here
  • On Dec. 14, 1972 Gene Cernan became the last man to drive a vehicle up here
  • Hilal, a pre-Islamic deity of Arabia, was god of one phase of this heavenly body
  • A July 21, 1969 Wapakoneta, Ohio Daily News headline about a local boy read, "Neil steps on" this
  • Parts of its cycle are full, new & quarter phases
  • In a month an observer can see 59% of this heavenly body's surface
  • On January 2, 1959, exactly 120 years after Daguerre took the first photo of it, Russia launched a probe to it
  • In "The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote", rabbit escapes to this heavenly body, which makes the coyote howl at it
  • On March 5, 1998 scientists announced that there was ice at both poles of this heavenly body
  • Founder of Russian science, Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov, has a crater named for him there
  • Pythias, an ancient Greek geographer, was perhaps the 1st to associate tidal motion with this body
  • Monday is named for this, first visited by man 40 years ago today
  • Jupiter has one of these named Ganymede that's about the same size as the planet Mercury
  • The USA's Survivor space probes were sent to probe this object in advance of the manned landing there
  • In 1835 the N.Y. Sun reported there were bat-winged creatures living on this heavenly body; it was a hoax
  • As a goddess of this heavenly body, Artemis was sometimes called Phoebe
  • Selane, the goddess of this heavenly body, was the daughter of 2 Titans: Hyperion & Theia
  • Before crashing on Feb. 20, 1965, Ranger 8 sent back 7,137 photos of this, the last one, we guess, an extreme close-up
  • It's the celestial object on which you'd find Tycho, Oceanus Procellarum & Mare Imbrium
  • A falling apple gave Newton some ideas about what type of force could hold this heavenly body in its path
  • Around 1840 chemist John William Draper took the first photograph of this heavenly body
  • This satellite of the Earth is a whopping 2,160 miles in diameter--a lot bigger than it looks
  • July 7, 2009:If you're in Australia, the Americas or sailing the Pacific, look for an eclipse of this
  • When Kennedy & Khrushchev met in Vienna in 1961, JFK suggested the countries combine their efforts to go here
  • In 1972 Harrison H. Schmitt became the first & last geologist to pick up rocks here
  • Turn over a silver coin in your pocket when you see this heavenly body & your wish will come true
  • A calendar month is an arbitrary number; a synodic month or a sidereal month is based on the movement of this
  • In 1647 astronomer Johannes Hevelius published the 1st detailed atlas of this heavenly body
  • On Aug. 10, 1966 NASA launched a probe to take high-resolution photos of landing sites here
  • In Bob Dylan's "It's Alright, Ma", "The child's balloon eclipses both the sun and" this; that's one big balloon, Bob!
  • In November 2009 science news, a NASA probe found water here, & not a little bit, either
  • Romantic painters liked nighttime, as in Friedrich's 1822 canvas showing this rising over the sea
  • The casino named for this heavenly body will feature the scintillating lounge act of Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin
  • It's believed the Earth is over 4.5 billion yrs. old, based on 4.6 billion yr. old rocks found on this neighbor
  • '60s kids bought kits to send Mr. Potato Head to this heavenly body, with a cucumber as his spaceship
  • Catch a glimpse of the footprint seen here & you're treading around this location where it was made
  • Heavenly bodies are the Star, the Sun & this, card XVIII
  • Selene was the Greek goddess of this heavely body--& quite a heavenly body herself
  • NASA verified that the meteorite found under the ice in Antarctica came from this celestial body
  • Blake wrote that this, "like a flower / in heaven's high bower / with silent delight / sits and smiles of the night"
  • "A dying lady, lean and pale, who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil", Shelley wrote of "The Waning" this
  • On Christmas Eve 1968, Borman, Lovell & Anders became the first men to circle this object
  • As god of this for the Inuits, Igaluk controlled the seasons & the tides
  • The large yellow circle on the flag of Palau represents this heavenly body
  • In August of 1971 David Scott dropped a feather & a hammer here; they landed at the same time
  • Ida, photographed by the Galileo probe in 1993, has its own little one of these, named Dactyl
  • A synth-snazzy song by Duran Duran:"New ____ On Monday"
  • In a month, this object ranges from about 225,000 miles to 252,000 miles from the Earth
  • Christopher Cross sang, "If you get caught between" this & NYC, "the best that you can do is fall in love"
  • On Christmas Eve 1968, Borman, Lovell & Anders became the first men to circle this object
  • It's where astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit a golf ball in February 1971
  • The Chinese goddess Ch'ang-O was turned into a toad, & her shadow may be seen on this heavenly body
  • The 1st live pictures of a manned liftoff from here were transmitted in August 1971
  • In 1969 Buzz Aldrin became the second to set foot here
  • Maugham paired it with "Sixpence"(4)
  • Part-time astronomer Christopher Wren made a model of this with surface relief & gave it to Charles II
  • Completes the title of Reese's feature film debut, 1991's "The Man in" this celestial object
  • Breccia, formed by violent impact, is common in sites here, like the Taurus-Littrow Valley near the Sea of Serenity
  • Radio signals were bounced off this object for the first time during Project Diana on January 10, 1946
  • Selenolatry is the worship of this object

Tweets about moon

  • RT @_Twilighterz_: I’d rather die than be with anyone but you.- Bella Swan, New Moon.
  • RT @PMOIndia: Atal ji’s vision, had inspired us, to reach for the moon. The successful Chandrayan mission, in turn led, to the Mars Orbite…
  • 5sos just landed on the moon. - via insider
  • RT @weinerdog4life: We can put a man on the moon but we can't put a cat in the dishwasher
  • くっそwwwww
  • قال سليمان عليه السلام لابنه : يا بنى لا تقطع أمراً حتى تشاور مرشداً فإنك إذا فعلت ذلك لم تندم.يقال : من اجتهد رأيه وشاور صديقه قضى ما عليه.
  • ただいま〜....(ぐでー
  • @iTimooon thx so much moon..
  • RT @hamodd22: يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك
  • @iamMoon_ baik moon :) husnudzon :) hahaha.
  • @izumi_Aoba 当たり前じゃん、飛雄ちゃんにやるのに考えたんだから
  • Cut the bonds with the moon...❤️
  • "@_deeyygoo: Tweet tweet."
  • RT @TheOnion: NASA Administrator Resigns After Leak Of Offensive Anti-Moon Email
  • RT @OfficialMwave: ZE:A Kwang Hee States that Moon Jun Young Did Not Receive Any Money from the Company #ZEA #KwangH…
  • سبحان الله والحمد لله والله أكبر
  • @SoaRReborns I go patrol on moon
  • RT @NiallOfficial: "your heart compliments mine like the moon,through starry skies"
  • @UN: Ban Ki-moon to convene meeting of world leaders on #EbolaResponse this week. More info:
  • RT @Crunchyroll: News: VIDEO: Nerdy Nummies Bakes Sailor Moon Transformation Brooch Pinata Cookies
  • @Shelby_Moon_11 😈😈💙✊
  • 秋ー!!!!
  • RT @sailormoon__bot: だきしめてキスをするだけが 愛してる証拠じゃないわ スモール・レディ 遠くからそっと思うだけの 見守る愛のかたちだって あるの【セーラープルート】
  • RT @UN: Ban Ki-moon to convene meeting of world leaders on #EbolaResponse this week. More info:
  • Live music by Hidden Agenda tonight 8:00-Close $4 Guinness and Blue Moon drafts
  • お腹すいた
  • @_blue__moon__ そうだよ
  • RT @kyoukai_fan: 境界の彼方 #8 凪黄金   #境界の彼方 #京アニ
  • 0wned by DodePersie #DodeOnTTI ~ Between 25 to 28% of Americans believe we never landed on the moon.
  • I hate being motherloving hot!! Like WTH!😢😩😩😩
  • RT @TheGoogleFactz: This is what Saturn looks like when appearing from behind the Moon.
  • RT @leana9101: The only reason Arashi is able to stay this long in Hawaii is cause they are filming so much. Hawaiian government must be ov…
  • @say_moon_s 若作りしてみたㅋㅋ ヘアスタイルとビギTだけは 偽り0です
  • @Padriac85 eventually, yes!
  • RT @1stIove: I remember crying over you, and i don't mean a couple of tears and i'm blue. I'm talking about collapsing and screaming at the…
  • Finally bought the Moon Choker from @gypsywarrior! 🌙 #gypsywarrior #moon #crescentmoon #necklace…
  • RT @generalelectric: 45 years ago, mankind took its first step on the moon. Where do you think we’ll go next?
  • “@generalelectric: 45 years ago, mankind took its first step on the moon. Where do you think we’ll go next? lies
  • RT @jay_as_hell: sailor moon
  • RT @itele: #Gaza > le secrétaire général de l'ONU, Ban Ki-moon, presse Israël de "faire beaucoup plus" pour épargner les civils (AFP)
  • Watching New Moon!! — playing Scrabble at Grand Hyatt San Antonio
  • @Moon_princess__ そっか、ならいいけど
  • 🌸💐🌸💐🌸💐🌸 Luke hemmings from 5SOS I love you to the moon & back🌛🌍 So follow me maybe?❤️ #MTVHottest 5 Seconds Of Summer 🌸💐🌸💐🌸💐🌸 💷
  • @NASA don't you think you should try the moon first?
  • ♪♫ First Kiss ♫♪ A Rocket To The Moon @ARTTM
  • RT @CloydRivers: Until your country's flag is on the Moon, know your role and shut your mouth. Merica.
  • Gaza : Ban Ki-moon presse Israël de "faire beaucoup plus" pour épargner les civils #International via @LePoint
  • In Focus: Sherpa Who Led Neil Armstrong To Moon Dead At 71
  • 45 years ago at 4:18pm ET, #Apollo11 landed on the moon. 1st moonwalk at 10:56pm.
  • 45 years ago, mankind took its first step on the moon. Where do you think we’ll go next?