Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2025, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight.
For a version of this video with audio descriptions: youtu.be/kQ7FTNtMcrU
Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Data visualization by: Ernie Wright (USRA)
Producer & Editor: James Tralie
Music Provided by Universal Production Music: "Shine a Light," "Space and Time," and "Spiralling Stars" by Timothy James Cornick
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This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2025, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight.
For a version of this video with audio descriptions: youtu.be/kQ7FTNtMcrU
Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Data visualization by: Ernie Wright (USRA)
Producer & Editor: James Tralie
Music Provided by Universal Production Music: "Shine a Light," "Space and Time," and "Spiralling Stars" by Timothy James Cornick
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5415. While the video in its entirety can be shared without permission, the music and some individual imagery may have been obtained through permission and may not be excised or remixed in other products. Specific details on such imagery may be found here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5415. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines.
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
· Instagram:
instagram.com/nasagoddard
· X:
twitter.com/NASAGoddard
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