Photo taken by a small digital camera through the eye piece of the telescope at the McCarthy Observatory
The Moon, earths natural satellite, orbits the Earth every 27.3 days & keeps nearly the same face turned towards the Earth at all times.
The moon is 238,857 miles from the Earth & has a diameter of 2,160 miles. Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, was the first human on the Moon in 1969.
"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
One light year is 5.9 trillion miles