The Moon Song

A (fixed*) song to help kids learn about the Moon, Earth's Moon.

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Voices
The Moon: Alexa Thompson
Earth: Matt Pace
Backup: Amy Oaks Long

Song by Matt & Joanna Pace
Music produced by Matt Pace
Title animation by Brenden Nelson

Special thanks to LaDale Tobler, Macey Schlepp, and Rachel Kovacs for ideas and feedback!

*We released a previous version of this video which had some visual errors (the moon or Earth not rotating or orbiting in the correct direction, and a mix-up of hemisphere labels. Fans reached out to us to point out the errors, and we fixed them and replaced the video as soon as we could. Thank you Ms. Tania Dantas and your 3rd grade class!

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Lyrics:
Moon:
I’m your moon, Earth’s natural satellite
Your gravity keeps me by your side
I’m smaller than you, but I pull the tide
As I orbit near Earth’s equator

With an iron core and a rocky crust
And my regolith moon dust
And Tycho, and Byrgius,
And Kepler among my craters

(Waxing, waning
Getting brighter, then fading)

Less than 30 days, and it starts anew

(Eight moon phases
Look opposite from different places)

That’s the light of the Sun I’m reflecting to you
I am your Moon

I’ve loved all your human and robot trips
Have you seen a solar or lunar eclipse:
When I come between you and the sun
Or hide on the other side?

I don’t have much air for you to breathe
And I’m small, so there’s less gravity
You always see the same side of me,
Because I orbit and rotate in the same length of time

Earth:
The New Moon looks dark with the Sun on it’s back
We see a Waxing Crescent, and the rest is black
A First Quarter moon shines when the Sun lights up half
Next a Waxing Gibbous, like in this photograph
A Full Moon is bright, when the whole moon is lit
A Waning Gibbous, is when it darkens a bit
A Third Quarter Moon, we see half of it
Then a Waning Crescent, a dimming slit

All:
Waxing, waning
Getting brighter, then fading

Moon:
Less than 30 days, and it starts anew

All:
Eight moon phases
Look opposite from different places

Moon:
That’s the light of the Sun I’m reflecting to you
I am your Moon
Your Moon
Your Moon

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