Phases of the Moon

High-resolution images of the moon showing its various phases, including full and gibbous views, showcasing details of its surface against dark skies.

Photograph of the Full Moon

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View of full Moon photographed from Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey homeward, Johnson Space Center, NASA, July 21, 1969

Moon closeup showing the details of the lunar surface.. The moon

Gibbous moon seen with telescope

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Digital Illustration of a First Quarter Moon

April 26, 2021 - The full moon, dubbed the Pink Supermoon.

Photograph of the Full Moon

The 7 day old first quarter moon.

Gibbous moon Waxing gibbous moon over dark sky at night Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 6104721

Full Supermoon Full Supermoon as big as it gets from earth. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ThomasxMalesx 7829820

AS13-60-8703 (11-17 April 1970) --- This outstanding view of a near full moon was photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey homeward. Though the explosion of the oxygen tank in the Service Module (SM) forced the cancellation of the scheduled lunar landing, Apollo 13 made a pass around the moon prior to returning to Earth. Some of the conspicuous lunar features include the Sea of Crisis, the Sea of Fertility, the Sea of Tranquility, the Sea of Serenity, the Sea of Nectar, the Sea of Vapors, the Border Sea, Smyth's Sea, the crater Langrenus, and the crater Tsiolkovsky.

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Jupiter and the Moon in conjunction, on the night of 21 January 2013.

Close-up of a half moon

Black and white Gibbous moon with stars Gibbous moon over dark black sky with stars seen with a telescope from northern emisphere at night in black and white Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 7932898

July 21, 1969 - This outstanding view of the entire nearside surface of the Moon was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-Earth journey homeward. When this picture was taken, the spacecraft was already 10,000 nautical miles away.

Lunar eclipse, full moon with a hidden part. Negative space and void, details of the craters. Observe the celestial choreography as the moon is eclipsed, unveiling intricate details in the midst of empty space, a mesmerizing dance of cosmic phenomena encapsulating the mystique of the universe Copyright: xZoonar.com/RaulxRuizxOrengax 22190521

Gibbous moon Gibbous moon over dark black sky seen with a telescope from northern emisphere at night Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 7779238

Waning gibbous moon Waning gibbous moon, almost full moon, seen with an astronomical telescope photo taken with my own telescope, no NASA images used Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 9345424

Moon and stars Full moon with stars - seen through my own telescope no NASA images used Copyright: xZoonar.com/ClaudioxDiviziax 9085824

Full Moon around perigee taken from East Grinstead Full Moon around perigee taken from East Grinstead Copyright: xZoonar.com/PhilxBirdx 22126695

Telephoto shot of the moon with many craters, mountains and mare in front of a black sky

Full moon seen with telescope Full moon seen with an astronomical telescope, highly contrasty dramatic tones Copyright: xZoonar.com/adminx 11272699

Super blue moon, August 19, 2024, with orange hues at the moment when "the Moon comes closest to the Earth in its elliptical orbit, a point called perigee". The Moon will thus be 20,000 km closer than usual.

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The Moon

Full moon seen with telescope

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Full moon seen with an astronomical telescope. Full moon seen with telescope

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First quarter moon seen with an astronomical telescope. First quarter moon seen with telescope

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$The 24-day-old waning crescent Moon with the Astro-Physics 130mm refractor (with 2X Barlow lens) and Canon 60Da camera. On the morning of July 19, 2017. Taken as part of a series of waning Moon shots. This morning the sky was hazy with forest fire smoke making the Moon appear yellow. This discolouration was corrected for this image.$

Full moon at closest proximity to earth, August 2014.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A view of the super moon in the eastern sky over Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The full moon reached perigee, the closest point to Earth in its elliptical pattern, at 11:34 p.m. It appeared 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than other full moons of 2012.

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The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the moon at roughly five miles per second Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, Alexandria, Virginia. Onboard are; NASA astronauts Joe Acaba, Mark Vande Hei, and Scott Tingle: Russian Cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin and Anton Shkaplerov, and Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai.

iss064e008344 (Nov. 30, 2020) --- The full Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.

jsc2018e003200 (Jan. 31, 2018) --- The lunar eclipse "Blood Moon" was photographed from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, during the early morning hours of Jan. 31, 2018.

Moon with telescope night sky

Digital Illustration of a Waning Gibbous Moon

ISS007-E-12270 (9 August 2003) --- View of a gibbous Moon photographed by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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View of Full Moon From Apollo 13

Half Moon Background, Gibbous moon Earth's natural satellite

Waxing crescent moon seen with telescope

6.5 day moon with Lunar X and V formations on the terminator.

Scientists believe dust launched from the moon could reduce solar radiation enough to lessen the impact of climate change. A new paper, published Wednesday in the journal PLOS Climate (Public Library of Science), explores the potential of using moon dust to block just enough of the suns radiation to mitigate the effects of global warming. The scientists tested several scenarios involving different particle properties and quantities in different orbits, looking for the one that would throw the most shade and they found the Moon dust worked best. The quantities needed, they said, would require the equivalent of a major mining operation on Earth. Tehatta, West Bengal. India.

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Moon, lunar crater, close-up

Artists concept of a full moon in the universe at night.

iss064e007999 (Nov. 29, 2020) --- The Full Moon was pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above the Sea of Okhotsk off the eastern coast of Russia.

ISS019-E-015313 (9 May 2009) --- A full moon is featured in this image, photographed by an Expedition 19 crewmember on the International Space Station.

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b Share YOUR pink moon and/or partial lunar eclipse images in our Flickr Group here a href= http //www.flickr.com/groups/pinkmoon/ www.flickr.com/groups/pinkmoon/ /a /b TimeThursday, April 25, 2013, 21 00 UT Phase 100.0% Diameter - 1962.6 arcseconds Distance - 365185 km (28.66 Earth diameters There is a special lunar name for every full moon in a year. The April 25 full moon is known as the Full Pink Moon” because of the grass pink - or wild ground phlox - flower, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers to bloom in the spring. This month’s full moon is also known as the Sprouting Grass moon and the Egg moon. The first lunar eclipse of 2013 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in southern Virgo about 12° east of Spica (mv = +1.05). It is visible primarily from the Eastern Hemisphere. This event will not be visible in North America, it will only be visible from Eastern Europea, Africa, Asia, and Western Australia. April’s full moon, which is set to rise tonight, is known as a pin

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Full moon in the sky at night

Die Oberfläche des Mondes mit Kratern im Weltraum. Mond mit Sternen *** the Surface of Moon with Craters at Space Moon with Stars 1102801978

The main phases of the Moon.

Full Moon above Earth, from the ISS

The International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, is seen in silhouette as it transits the Moon at roughly five miles per second, Saturday, March 16, 2019 from Chantilly, Va. Onboard are Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Anne McClain, Nick Hague, and Christina Koch of NASA, and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

First quarter. Visible high in the southern sky in early evening. This marks the first time that accurate shadows at this level of detail are possible in such a computer simulation. The shadows are based on the global elevation map being developed from measurements by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). LOLA has already taken more than 10 times as many elevation measurements as all previous missions combined. The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see the Moon from slightly different angles over the course of a month. When a month is compressed into 12 seconds, as it is in this animation, our changing view of the Moon makes it look like it's wobbling. This wobble is called libration. The word comes from the Latin for "balance scale" (as does the name of the zodiac constellation Libra) and refers to the way such a scale tips up and down on alter

ISS017-E-019390 (11 Oct. 2008) --- A gibbous moon is visible in this view above Earth's atmosphere, photographed by an Expedition 17 crewmember on the International Space Station.

During its flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Moon.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The International Space Station flies across the face of the moon over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. If Discovery successfully lifts off at 6 21 a.m. EDT April 5 as planned, the shuttle will dock with the station in two days time. The seven-member crew will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with supplies, a new crew sleeping quarters and science racks that will be transferred to the International Space Station's laboratories. The crew also will switch out a gyroscope on the stations truss, install a spare ammonia storage tank and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the stations exterior. STS-131 is the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.

Full moon seen with telescope, starry sky

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December 21, 2010 - Lunar Eclipse

Current moon as viewed on Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 19 00 UT (Phase 100%) This marks the first time that accurate shadows at this level of detail are possible in such a computer simulation. The shadows are based on the global elevation map being developed from measurements by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). LOLA has already taken more than 10 times as many elevation measurements as all previous missions combined. The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see the Moon from slightly different angles over the course of a month. When a month is compressed into 12 seconds, as it is in this animation, our changing view of the Moon makes it look like it's wobbling. This wobble is called libration. The word comes from the Latin for "balance scale" (as does the name of the zodiac constellation Libra) and refers to the way such a scale tips up and down

$The 25-day-old waning crescent Moon with the Astro-Physics 130mm refractor (with 2X Barlow lens) and Canon 60Da camera. On the morning of July 20, 2017. Taken as part of a series of waning Moon shots. This morning the sky was hazy with forest fire smoke making the Moon appear yellow. This discolouration was corrected for this image. Poor seeing from the low altitude inevitably blurs detail and sharpness.$

iss070e048478 (Dec. 26, 2023) --- The near Full Moon is pictured just above Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the north Pacific Ocean south of Alaska's Aleutian Islands.

ISS002-E-6868 (10 June 2001) --- View of a gibbous Moon photographed by one of the crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for Expedition Two. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.

iss064e008767 (Nov. 30, 2020) --- The full Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal.

Vintage Photograph. Closeup of the moon.

Waning gibbous. Rises after sunset, high in the sky after midnight, visible to the southwest after sunrise. This marks the first time that accurate shadows at this level of detail are possible in such a computer simulation. The shadows are based on the global elevation map being developed from measurements by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). LOLA has already taken more than 10 times as many elevation measurements as all previous missions combined. The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see the Moon from slightly different angles over the course of a month. When a month is compressed into 12 seconds, as it is in this animation, our changing view of the Moon makes it look like it's wobbling. This wobble is called libration. The word comes from the Latin for "balance scale" (as does the name of the zodiac constellation Libra) and refers to the

Third quarter. Rises around midnight, visible to the south after sunrise. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been in orbit around the Moon since the summer of 2009. Its laser altimeter (LOLA) and camera (LROC) are recording the rugged, airless lunar terrain in exceptional detail, making it possible to visualize the Moon with unprecedented fidelity. This is especially evident in the long shadows cast near the terminator, or day-night line. The pummeled, craggy landscape thrown into high relief at the terminator would be impossible to recreate in the computer without global terrain maps like those from LRO. To download, learn more about this visualization, or to see what the Moon will look like at any hour in 2015, visit a href= http //svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto 4236 rel= nofollow svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto 4236 /a b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html rel= nofollow NASA image use policy. /a /b b a href= http //www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/h

Total Lunar Eclipse

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A Total Lunar Eclipse

. iss068e026673 (Dec. 4, 2022) --- The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth's horizon from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles over the northern Pacific Ocean. At the time of this photograph the Orion vehicle on the Artemis I mission was almost 24,000 miles away from the Moon and approximately 222,200 miles from Earth traveling at a speed of 3,076 miles per hour.

Full moon in the night sky showing crater detail

Partial lunar eclipse on 16.07.2019, Location Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Digital Illustration of the Phases of the Moon From a Non-Standard Point of View

Moon (lunae defectio)

The Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Moon during its flight

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ISS012-E-19238 (12 Feb. 2006) --- This view of a full moon was photographed by one of the Expedition 12 crewmembers aboard the International Space Station.

The lunar eclipse "The Blood Moon", or the partial "Chandra Grahan" was seen at moonrise time in India. The full lunar eclipse (Chandra Grahan) 2022 was seen at 5:11 pm, and the partial lunar eclipse 2022 at 6:19 pm. Tehatta, West Bengal, India.

The last Quarter Moon is pictured from an external high defintion camera on the International Space Station as it orbited 267 miles above the south Atlantic Ocean.

The heavens often seem vast and unchanging as seen from Earth, but movement in the skies is the norm. The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement seen in this movie sequence. Cassini has monitored Enceladus (313 miles or 504 kilometers across) with a particular interest in the plumes and the geology of the south polar region for many years. Different viewing geometries give scientists different information, and the resulting animation gives us a unique spacecraft's eye view of the flyby. The movie is a composite of six images taken with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Aug. 1, 2017 using filters that allow infrared, green, and ultraviolet light. The image filter centered on 930 nm (IR) is red in this image, the image filter centered on the green is green, and the image filter centered on 338 nm (UV) is blue. The view was obtained at a distance of approximately 112,000 miles (181,000 kilometers) from Enceladus. Image scale

iss060e013472 (July 18, 2019) --- A full Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbiting complex flew 270 miles above the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America.

Apollo 13 - The Moon From a Non-Earth Perspective

August 28, 2005 - 24 day old waning moon.

Total lunar eclipse with stars in background, blood moon

Phases of the Moon, Lunar cycle

Total Eclipse Vicuña 2019 Chile

Total Lunar Eclipse September 2015 Blood Moon Supermoon

USA, Arkansas. The Total Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024, The Diamond Ring Effect

Solar eclipse 2015

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