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The Moon

The Moon is roughly spherical, but it is a lot smaller than the Earth.

The Moon travels around the Earth. It goes round once every 28 days.

We only see the part of the Moon that is lit by the Sun. So sometimes we see the whole Moon and sometimes we only see part of the Moon.

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