NASA's interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year.

The Sun doesn’t just support life on Earth and light the Moon for us to see. Sunlight also plays a major role in lunar weather.Morning on the Moon brings scorching temperatures.

Moon.nasa.gov is NASA's deep dive resource for lunar exploration from astronauts to robots.

"Observe the Moon" Image Credits Clockwise from upper left: Todd Diemer/Unsplash, Amorpha Youth Group, Xialong Wong/Unsplash, NASA, Jim Hendrickson, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Amorpha Youth Group, Amorpha Youth Group.

2022年12月2日 · An enduring myth about the Moon is that it doesn't rotate. While it's true that the Moon keeps the same face to us, this only happens because the Moon rotates at the same rate as its orbital motion, a special case of tidal locking called synchronous rotation.The animation shows both the orbit and the rotation of the Moon.

2023年8月17日 · A trifecta of labels is being applied to the Moon of Aug. 30-31, 2023. It’s a full moon, a supermoon, and finally a blue moon.You may hear it referred to as a super blue moon as a result. It sounds exciting, but what does that really mean?

Moon.nasa.gov is NASA's deep dive resource for lunar exploration from astronauts to robots.

Moon-Related Words & Phrases: A Glossary. Apogee (ap-uh-jee). This is the most distant point (ap-) on an elliptical orbit around Earth (-gee). The equivalent point for Earth’s orbit around the Sun is called aphelion (ap-he-lee-un or af-he-lee-un).

2022年5月2日 · What is a lunar eclipse? A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra. When the Moon is within the umbra, it will turn a reddish hue.

2018年7月16日 · Introduction by David A. Kring. "From the Earth to the Moon" is a brief, but vivid video and audio recording that: Provides an inspirational view of the lunar surface, which humans have not visited since 1972, despite being the best and most accessible place in the solar system to explore the fundamental principles of our origins;