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The continent spans about 4,000 kilometres, while the Moon's diameter is roughly 3,475. The figure is taken from NASA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.

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Australia is wider than the Moon

The continent spans about 4,000 kilometres, while the Moon's diameter is roughly 3,475 The comparison works only for east-west width, and the Moon's surface area is still far larger in three dimensions. The figure is often quoted as a way to grasp how big the continent and its surrounding ocean territory are. The Moon's diameter is about the distance from Sydney to Perth. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The continent spans about 4,000 kilometres, while the Moon's diameter is roughly 3,475. The figure is taken from NASA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.