Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library: Take A Moment To Look At The Moon On October 9 And 16

Press release from the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library:

September 28, 2021

What is it?

International Observe the Moon Night is an event put on by NASA that celebrates our natural satellite. It encourages people to look up at the moon and discover something new in the familiar.

Did you know?

• Our moon is the fifth largest moon in the entire solar system
• Its soil, regolith, can fuse when heated, which could help us build things on the Moon
• It’s only 250,000 miles from Earth
  • For reference, the Sun, which appears about the same size in the sky, is 93,000,000 miles away
• It only takes 3 days to get to the Moon
  • It takes at least 7 months to get to Mars
• 24 people have landed on the Moon but only 12 have stepped on it
• 100lbs on Earth is only 16.6lbs on the Moon

Where is International Observe the Moon night?

There are two live streams for this event that you can join online:

• Oct 9, 2021: Observe the Moon Kickoff Party with the Night Sky Network
• Oct 16, 2021: International Observe the Moon Night Live Stream on NASA TV

Other ways to celebrate!

• Take a photo with NASA’s telescope
• Explore the Moon Virtually with MoonTrek
• Keep a Moon Journal
• Print and Color the Lunar Orbiter

• Watch Apollo 11 (2019) on Kanopy
• Read The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor
• Watch Apollo 13 on DVD
• Read Moon by Steve Tomecek
• So much more…

Resources

• NASA: Observe the Moon Night
• NASA: Color in NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
• NASA: Moon Photo Challenge Bingo
• NASA: Moon viewing ideas for the whole family
• NASA: Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator

This press release was produced by the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.