On average, the Moon’s distance from the Earth is 384, 000 kilometres. It orbits around the Earth takes 27.32 Earth days, that is also the amount of time it takes to rotate once on its axis. For that reason, we see the same side of the Moon from Earth. Even though the moon mass is about 1 percent of that of the Earth. The Moon’s gravity stops the Earth wobbling on its axis too much. Which helps to stabilize the climate on our planet. As most of us know, the Moon’s gravity causes high and low tides. Not to the same degree, the Moon’s gravity also pulls on the Earth’s crust by several centimeters. And the Moon makes any pictures look pretty.
