• Question: How big is the moon?

    Asked by anon-230120 to Sarah, Isaac, Hira, Elena, Anisha, Alex on 15 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Sarah Knight

      Sarah Knight answered on 15 Nov 2019:

      At its equator (the widest part), the moon is about 3,476km across. That’s roughly the the width of Australia!

    • Photo: Anisha Wijeyesekera

      Anisha Wijeyesekera answered on 17 Nov 2019:

      According to NASA, it is less than a third the width of Earth. If Earth were the size of a 10p coin, the Moon would be about as big as a coffee bean!

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