Our moon is 2,000 miles wide and is very close to us, allowing us to see all of its tiny details with just a pair of binoculars. Binoculars would reveal the chaotic landscape of the moon that is fulled with mountains, dark deep valleys, and large craters.
As the month goes on, the moon is seen as 4 different cycles. It starts as new, to a crescent, to half of a moon, to a football shape, and then to a full moon. After that, it goes backwards from football, to half moon, to crescent, to new. You can find what the moon is doing now by looking at an almanac or calender.
Unless it is a full moon, then you it will look like only part of it is there, because you can only see the bright, sunlit part of the moon. Right where the bright part and the dark part meet is the Terminator. That is where you want to look if you want to see some amazing details. If you use higher powered binoculars, the area by the terminator line can be seen very easily. This is where you will see a large amount of mountains, deep plains, […]

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