To the Moon!

What's Up for October? Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with your local astronomy club.

The Moon looks a little different every night—this chart shows why.

Moon viewing ideas for the whole family!

LRO: Seeing the Moon Lithograph

The Moon is seen as it sets behind the National Capitol Columns at the US National Arboretum on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018 in Washington.

Spend the next month getting to know the Moon. Set aside some time each day to look at the Moon. Record your observations in the log provided on the back of this page.

A photographic record of the moment NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was struck by a meteoroid.

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

Facebook and Twitter shareables for the 2018 International Observe the Moon Night

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

Save the date. October 20, 2018 is International Observe the Moon Night 2018.

Moonrise over the Syr Darya river.

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.

The Moon sets over the early morning desert in Arches National Park, Utah on July 28, 2018. 

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

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 ...

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

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Apollo 50th Anniversary: An Opportunity to Celebrate Past, Present, and Future Lunar Exploration 

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

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

The Moon is seen as is rises, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017 in Washington—the first of three consecutive supermoons. 

Much of the western United States began the morning with the view of a super blue blood moon total eclipse. 

What does the other side of the Moon look like, the side that can't be seen from the Earth? This video answers that question.

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 fl...