Moongiant is an Astronomy resource site for both amateur and professional Astronomers. Before heading out with your telescope to view the night sky check Moongiant for current Moon phases and Moon location. With our Animated sky and moon calendar you can view past, future and present sky and moon information. Moon Giant can also be used as an Astronomy quick reference guild for Astronomy education. The night sky is a wonderful place to explore, get a head start with moongiant.

The Moon is about 30 times the diameter of the Earth. The Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The average distance from the Earth to the Moon is 238,854 miles. This is about 3.7 times smaller than the Earth, making it the Solar System's fifth largest moon, both by diameter and mass, ranking behind Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, and Io.

Astronomy and Moon links

Moon pictures from NASA
This is a great set of High Resolution Moon pictures. The set of has around 130 pictures of Moon missions and Moon terrain Photographs.

Moon Mission pictures from NASA
Pictures are arranged by Moon mission and available is High resolution.

U.S. Naval Observatory Moon Phases
A chart of all teh moon phases from 2000 to 2010