The Moon The moon is the most noticeable feature in the night sky and it is also the brightest, but it doesn’t give off its own light. It is, actually, reflecting the light given off by the sun. Only seven percent of the light from the sun is reflected. Sometimes, the moon appears to change shape, but it is only because the sun is lighting different parts of it. When the moon passes through …showed first 75 words of 1310 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1310 total…about sixteen percent of the moon’s surface. Most of the surface is covered with a mixture of very fine dust and rocky debris called regolith. The moon was a big part of religion in many different cultures. In the land of the Nile, Luna was the heavenly night goddess. In China, Cheng ‘O was said to live on the moon with a white rabbit. Even today, the moon is still worshipped in many countries.