Why does moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations e.g. from $- 190^{o} C$ even though it is at the same distance from the sun as the earth is?

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There is no atmosphere on moon, therefore during its cyclicrotation when it moves away from sun it becomes verycool and when it comes close to sun it becomes very hot.Moreover in absence of vegetation and water there is no check on temperature control.

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Why does moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations e.g. from −190oC even though it is at the same distance from the sun as the earth is?

There is no atmosphere on moon, therefore during its cyclicrotation when it moves away from sun it becomes verycool and when it comes close to sun it becomes very hot.Moreover in absence of vegetation and water there is no check on temperature control.

Why does moon have very cold and very hot temperature variations e.g. from $- 190^{o} C$ even though it is at the same distance from the sun as the earth is?