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Why is the moon white and why does it have different shapes?

Why is the moon white and why does it have different shapes?

Update: 2025-05-12
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Some planets have lots of moons. Others have none. Earth has just one moon, but it’s a really great one. It can glow bright and white and sometimes it’s shaped like a big round ball. Other times it’s skinny like the white tip of a fingernail. Makes you wonder, why does the moon look the way it does? We asked Preston Dyches from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to help us find the answer.


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Why is the moon white and why does it have different shapes?

Why is the moon white and why does it have different shapes?

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