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The Moon takes about 27 days (27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 11.6 seconds) to go all the way **around the earth** The Moon is 4.5 billion years old

The Moon has a diameter of 2,000 miles ( 3,476 kilometres) the sun is the only **star** closest to earth it has so much power it could **blind you perminently** it also has so much power it could power citys with solar panels we can also tell the time with it using shadows when your shadow is the biggest it could be the afternoon or the morning, mid day is when you cant see your shadow a tool we use for this is called a **sun dial** the sun is also a good source for vitamin D and it helps plants grow and without plants there is no life all life leads back to the sun.