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NASA's interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year.
Overview From Space. Imagine you’re in a spaceship, traveling away from Earth. As you sail onward, you see our planet and its Moon locked together in their endless, circling, gravitational embrace.
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As the bright parts of the Moon appear to change shape during the month, each stage of the change is called a phase, and each phase carries its own name. This chart shows why this happens. The center ring shows the Moon as it revolves around the Earth, as seen from above the north pole.
This map depicts the Moon as it appeared on International Observe the Moon Night, September 14, 2024, at 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC September 15). At this phase, many of the best views occur along the terminator (the line between the day and night side of the Moon) where shadows accentuate lunar topography.
With no flowing water or gusting winds to wear away its landscape, geologic features like craters, cliffs, and lava flow last much longer on the Moon than they do on Earth – but five decades and counting of lunar exploration have shown that the Moon is more dynamic than previously thought.
The animation shows both the orbit and the rotation of the Moon. The yellow circle with the arrow and radial line have been added to make the rotation more apparent. The arrow indicates the direction of rotation. The radial line points to the center of the visible disk of the Moon at 0°N 0°E.
100 Top Features to Observe on the Moon. Pay a virtual visit to the lunar surface with curated visualizations that draw from telescope observations and NASA’s Moon Trek portal. Learn more and browse Lunar 100 videos: https://sservi.nasa.gov/multimedia/.
100 Top Features to Observe on the Moon. Pay a virtual visit to the lunar surface with curated visualizations that draw from telescope observations and NASA’s Moon Trek portal. Learn more and browse Lunar 100 videos: https://sservi.nasa.gov/multimedia/.
This visualization shows the Moon's phase at hourly intervals throughout 2024, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. 2024 phase and libration as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere are available here: The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face.