What the Moon Is Like

What the Moon Is Like

he next time you see a big, round moon, look for the man in the moon. The dark and light parts make some people think of a mouth, a nose, and two eyes. That is why they say there is a man in the moon. Can you see him?

Other people say there is a rabbit in the moon, It has big ears. Some people see jack and Jill and their pail of water. Maybe a cat sees a mouse in the moon. Maybe a mouse sees a piece of cheese. Next time you see the moon, look for the man, the rabbit, and jack and Jill. You may be able to see them if you try real hard. Some people try hard but can't see any of them.

If you could see the moon better, it would look like this. The light parts are covered with hills, and with holes called craters. Some are many miles across. Others are very small. The holes were made by big rocks that crashed into the moon long ago . The dark parts of the moon are smoother. They are like wide fields. It would take weeks to walk across some of them. They are called the seas of the moon because they are so flat. There is no water in them.

Twelve men have gone to the moon. Look at the map to see where they landed. They walked on the moon. Some of these astronauts rode in a moon car called a Lunar Roving Vehicle. The astronauts found no air on the moon. Outside their ship the men wore space suits. The air they needed was carried inside the suits

They found small rocks and great big ones. Some were as big as a house. Parts of the moon are flat. In those places the astronauts could move quite easily. But there are many mountains and hills. Some are smooth and rounded. Some have large jagged rocks sticking out of them. There are cliffs and deep valleys. The astronauts kept away from them.