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How wide is the moon

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14.6 million square miles (38 square kilometers
User RHSeeger
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The moon is very nearly a sphere (ball shape). We usually talk
about the "diameter" of a sphere, not its width.

The moon's diameter is about 2,159 miles or 3,475 kilometers.
That's about 27% (a little over a quarter) of the Earth's diameter.

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