The Moon - Features, appearance, and what we can see
Channel: Astronomy with Mr Guerin
Date: 2019-08-17

What can we see on the Moon? What are those light and dark patches, how did the craters form, and how does our view of the Moon change over time? Watch this video to learn about all the lunar features you need to know for EdExcel's Astronomy GCSE.

Download the slideshow:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1v7n69srfzFmgYxF9Vct6FKp3r_ZRqFjx

3D model of the Moon at 10x elevation:
http://www.viewstl.com/?embedded&url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Moon_elevation_2.stl&rotation=yes&bgcolor=black&color=gray&shading=flat&edges=no&orientation=bottom&noborder=yes&clean=no&local

Image credits:

Moon elevation model, TilmannR, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_elevation_2.stl

Full moon, Gregory H. Revera, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Moon_nearside_LRO.jpg

Super moon, Marcoaliaslama, wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supermoon_comparison.jpg

Tycho crater, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tycho_LRO.png

Mons Hadley, NASA/David Scott, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_Rover,_Irwin.jpg

Valleys, NASA / LRO_LROC_TEAM, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baade_%2B_Inghirami_-_LROC_-_WAC.JPG

Hadley Rille, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_Hadley_Rille.jpg

Wrinkle ridges, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS12-54-8112.jpg

Luna 3, NASA, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunik_3.jpg

Luna 3 - far side of the Moon, Russian Federation, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luna_3_moon.jpg

Near side of the Moon, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_nearside_LRO.jpg

Far side of the Moon, NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_Farside_LRO.jpg

North-south libration, Mr Guerin, Stellarium

Lunar libration, Tomruen, wikimedia, public domain
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_libration_with_phase_Oct_2007_450px.gif