To the Moon!

A ‘Harvest Moon’ rising over the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as seen from Pasadena, CA in September 2016.  A ‘Harvest Moon’ is the full moon nearest the start of Fall, or the autumnal eq...

Points of interest on the Moon for International Observe the Moon Night 2019. Find them with your binoculars or telescopes!

This graphic highlights locations on the moon NASA considers "lunar heritage sites" and the path NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory spacecraft will take on their final flight. 

It's not just a time-lapse composite image of our Moon as it arcs across the sky, it's a "super blue blood Moon" eclipse! 

The near side of Earth's Moon, as seen based on data from cameras aboard NASA's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

The view of the July 27, 2018 total lunar eclipse from the desert in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Download and print your Certificate of Participation for the 2018 Observe the Moon Night 

LRO: Lunar Topography Lithograph

Mark your calendars: a series of three supermoons will appear on the celestial stage on Dec. 3, 2017, Jan. 1, 2018, and Jan. 31, 2018.

This image shows the locations of many spacecraft that have landed on the moon. 

The six Apollo lunar landing sites are all relatively near the equator on the side of the Moon that faces the Earth. 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landing of humans on the Moon, the Night Sky Network has new Moon handouts and activities. 

Astronaut David R. Scott, right, commander of the Apollo 15 mission, gets a close look at the sample referred to as "Genesis rock."

The Moon orbits the Earth in the months prior to the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse.  

This false-color photograph is a composite of 15 images of the Moon.

Save the date! International Observe the Moon Night 2019 is on October 5. 

Presentation slides about the Apollo 12 mission

A mosaic of images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter centered on the Moon's Orientale basin. 

This powerpoint was developed by LPI for use in teacher workshops, but may be modified for individual use.

In the early morning hours of April 15, 2014, the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse.

The phase and libration of the Moon for 2018, at hourly intervals. Includes supplemental graphics that display the Moon's orbit, subsolar and sub-Earth points, and the Moon's distance from Earth at...

This powerpoint was developed by LPI for use in teacher workshops, but may be modified for individual use.

LRO science results and ways to get involved in NASA lunar science

Make your own International Observe the Moon Night flyer or poster 

This animation shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2019, at hourly intervals. The imagery is based on actual dat...