The Arundel Conservation Trust

By Joan Hull Did you see the full moon last week? Did you know what made it special? As children, the moon is usually the first thing we can identify in the night sky. Let’s explore some things about our nearest celestial neighbor both scientific and fanciful. The moon is almost 240,00 miles from the earth. That’s almost 10 times around the earth’s equator. It takes the moon about 29 ½ days to completely revolve around the earth. The moon gives off no light of its own, the li