The moon is the earth’s satellite. It is bright at night. It is the fifth largest moon in the solar system.
The moon is like earth. It orbits. The moon orbits earth, we orbit the sun. The orbits make something called moon phases. Because the moon orbits us we can only see half of it.
The moon has 8 phases. Crescent, gibbous, quarters, new moon and full moon. These are made when the moon orbits earth. The sun reflects light onto the moon and when it does that it creates moon phases.
The earth revolves around the sun and the moon orbits around us. Our sun does not orbit anything. Lots of other planets from our solar system orbit the sun.
Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon. Sadly he died on August 25 2012 at the age of 82. The second person to walk on the moon was Buzz Aldrin. Luckily he is still alive in 2016 at the age of 86. The third person to walk on the moon was Pete Conrad. Sadley he died at the age of 69 on the 8 of july 1999 in a motorbike crash.
The moon is an interesting place. The moon will disappear from us in 2050 as it got hit by an asteroid. The maori name for the moon Te Marama.
By William Chamberlain,H30,Hobsonville primary school,2016.
