US Curriculum Alignment
CCSS SL.K.5, NGSS 1-ESS1-1, NGSS 5-ESS1-1
Planet Poster – Moon
A clean Moon poster on a neutral background, focused on its size, color, and surface.
- Instant digital download after checkout
- Print at home, as many times as you like
- High-resolution PDF — ready for A4 & US Letter
- Formats
- A2, A3, A4, Arch-C, Tabloid, US Letter
- Type
- Planet Poster
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth-largest moon in the Solar System, covered in craters, dark lava plains called maria, and dusty highlands. This poster captures its familiar grey, pockmarked face as seen from Earth.
Delivered as an instant printable digital download, this Montessori-style poster supports hands-on astronomy learning. Print it in your chosen size to explore Earth's closest neighbor in space.
Recognizable,
not simply decorative.
The same hand-drawn look across the whole collection — verified against the real species, animal by animal.
“Beautiful enough to invite a closer look. Accurate enough to support real learning.”
Our animals are illustrated with the real species in mind. We look closely at body proportions, characteristic markings, feet, horns, ears, tails and the features that distinguish one species from another.
The illustrations remain warm and approachable, but they are not turned into generic cartoon animals.
Often
asked.
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, a rocky body about 3,475 km across, roughly a quarter of Earth's diameter. It orbits Earth at an average distance of about 384,400 km, completing one trip roughly every 27.3 days.
The Moon has a small iron core, a rocky mantle, and a crust made mostly of silicate rock, with darker basalt plains called maria and lighter, heavily cratered highlands. It has almost no atmosphere, so its surface is exposed directly to space.
The Moon is tidally locked to Earth, meaning its rotation period exactly matches its orbital period, so the same hemisphere always faces us. This is why humans never saw the far side of the Moon until spacecraft photographed it in 1959.


