Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2026, at hourly intervals as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight.
Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Data visualization by: Ernie Wright (USRA)
Planetary scientist: Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC)
Producer & Editor: James Tralie
Music provided by Universal Production Music: “ARPS 001” and “Diamonds Bay” by Hugo Dubery and Matthew Lawrenson
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The phase and libration of the Moon for 2026, at hourly intervals as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled, as are Apollo landing sites, maria, and other albedo features in sunlight.
Video credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Data visualization by: Ernie Wright (USRA)
Planetary scientist: Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC)
Producer & Editor: James Tralie
Music provided by Universal Production Music: “ARPS 001” and “Diamonds Bay” by Hugo Dubery and Matthew Lawrenson
This video can be freely shared and downloaded at svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5588. 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/5588. For more information on NASA’s media guidelines, visit nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/.
If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: youtube.com/NASAGoddard
Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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· X: twitter.com/NASAGoddard
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