Earth's Moon - Science@NASA
WEBEarth's Moon is the brightest and largest object in our night sky. The Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has guided humans for thousands of years.
In Depth | Earth's Moon – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBThe brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has …
From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth
WEBAug 5, 2015 · A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth.
Moon Facts - NASA Science
WEBThe brightest and largest object in our night sky, the Moon makes Earth a more livable planet by moderating our home planet's wobble on its axis, leading to a relatively stable climate. It also causes tides, creating a rhythm that has …
Overview | Phases, Eclipses & Supermoons – Moon: NASA Science
WEBFrom your astronaut’s viewpoint, you can see that the Moon is an average of 238,855 miles (384,399 km) from Earth, or about the space that could be occupied by 30 Earths. It travels around our planet once every 27.322 days in an elliptical orbit, an elongated circle.
Moon Phases - NASA Science
WEBThe Moon orbits Earth from a viewpoint above the North Pole in this animation. The blue gridlines show how the same side of the Moon always faces Earth. The size of the Earth and Moon are enlarged 20 times. Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Orion, Earth, and the Moon - NASA
WEBNov 29, 2022 · In this image, Orion captures a unique view of Earth and the Moon, seen from a camera mounted on one of the spacecraft's solar arrays. On Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission —268,563 miles away from our home planet, …
The Moon's Orbit and Rotation - Moon: NASA Science
WEBDec 2, 2022 · Like Earth, the Moon has a day side and a night side, which change as the Moon rotates. Moon Phases Between four and seven times a year, Earth, Moon and Sun line up just right to create the cosmic-scale shadow show known as an eclipse.
The Moon's Orbit and Rotation - Moon: NASA Science
WEBDec 2, 2022 · A view of the distant Moon over the Earth's limb, taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Distant Moon Check out this slide deck to learn about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, what the spacecraft has discovered during more than a decade of lunar exploration, and ways to get involved in NAS...
Solar System Exploration: Earth’s Moon - NASA
WEBApr 18, 2023 · This site has facts, figures, images and links about Earth’s moon. Go to Website