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The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon is approximately 1.625 m/s2, about 16.6% that on Earth's surface or 0.166 ɡ.[1] Over the entire surface, the variation in gravitational acceleration is about 0.0253 m/s2 (1.6% of the acceleration due to gravity). Because weight is directly dependent upon gravitational acceleration, things on the Moon will weigh only 16.6% (= 1/6) of what they weigh on the Earth.

  1. ^ C. Hirt; W. E. Featherstone (2012). "A 1.5 km-resolution gravity field model of the Moon". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 329–330: 22–30. Bibcode:2012E&PSL.329...22H. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.012. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

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