The Moon's tidal interaction with Earth causes it to drift away from the Earth at a pace of around 3.8 centimetres each year.
Water ice has been detected in craters at the Moon's poles that are thought to have been deposited by comets and asteroids.
The Moon's smells like gunpowder due to the presence of fine dust created by micrometeoroid impacts, rich in iron and other metals.
The Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest known impact crater in the Solar System, is believed to have formed early in its history.
It has quakes called Moonquakes, caused by Earth's and Sun's gravitational pull and meteorite impacts, which can last for hours or days on the Moon.
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