Lunar Facts:

• The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite and the fifth largest moon in the solar system.

• The Moon’s presence helps stabilize our planet’s wobble, which helps stabilize our climate.

• The Moon’s distance from Earth is about 240,000 miles (385,000km).

• The Moon has a very thin atmosphere called an exosphere.

• The Moon’s entire surface is cratered and pitted from impacts.

Earth's Moon is the only place beyond Earth where humans have set foot.

The Latest The Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon (and, By Some Definitions, a Supermoon) The brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years. The Moon was likely formed after a Mars-sized body collided with Earth.

Earth's Moon is the fifth largest of the 190+ moons orbiting planets in our solar system.

Earth's only natural satellite is simply called "the Moon" because people didn't know other moons existed until Galileo Galilei discovered four moons orbiting Jupiter in 1610.

NASA currently has three robotic spacecraft exploring the Moon — Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the twin ARTEMIS spacecraft (not to be confused with NASA's new Artemis program to send astronauts back to the Moon). (NASA)