The Moon Phases for the Month of December Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 24   25   26   27   28   29   30   1 New Moon 2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 1st Quarter 10   11   12   13   14   15 Full Moon 16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23 3rd Quarter 24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31 New Moon 1   2   3   4

Moon Statistics Mass (kg) 7.349e+22 Mass (Earth = 1) 1.2298e-02 Colour Gray Core Iron, Small Equatorial radius (km) 1,737.4 Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 2.7241e-01 Mean density (gm/cm^3) 3.34 Mean distance from Earth (km) 384,400 Rotational Period (days) 27.32166 Orbital Period (days) 27.32166 Average length of Lunar Day (days) 29.53059 Mean Orbital Velocity (km/sec) 1.03 Orbital Eccentricity 0.0549 Tilt of axis (degrees) 1.5424 Orbital inclination (degrees) 5.1454 Equatorial surface gravity (m/sec^2) 1.62 Equatorial escape velocity (km/sec) 2.38 Visual geometric albedo 0.12 Magnitude (Vo) -12.74 Mean Surface Temperature (day) 107°C Mean Surface Temperature (night) -153°C Maximum Surface Temperature 123°C Minimum Surface Temperature -233°C

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Cloud Cover over New Zealand	New Zealand view from the Sun
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Earth viewed from the Sun	Earth View from the Moon
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