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The moon, our satellite, is a star that still contains so many secrets! Here almost full, we call this phase "gibbous moon", the moon always offers us the same face to observe. Can you tell if the moon is waxing or waning? The moon is said to be a liar: if the crescent takes a C shape then it is waning while a crescent in D indicates that it is waxing.
 
Our moon is the fifth largest satellite in our solar system. It rotates synchronously around our planet, which means it always presents the same face to us. Its creation is still quite mysterious. It is thought that it would be the result of a collision between a large asteroid and the Earth and whose material expelled into space would have slowly accumulated giving birth to this star. The dark parts are volcanic seas which cover a large part of the visible side and would come from the heat following the impact and accretion around our planet. Conversely, the far side is more marked by craters caused by meteorites and other small objects. The numerous impacts are due to the fact that the lunar body is devoid of a dense atmosphere and magnetic field, which makes it vulnerable and does not make it possible to slow down what is hurtling towards it.
 
It was in 1959 that the first human-made object reached the moon thanks to the Soviet Luna 2 probe. This was followed by the first American moon landing on July 20, 1969 and numerous other human visits with the Apollo missions. The moon is regularly the subject of new probes and several space organizations from different countries aim to get a foothold on it again.
 
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