To the Moon!

Set to Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune, this visualization uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data to show the stark beauty of evolving light and shadow near sunrise and sunset on the rugged lunar su...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission and the Moon’s Role in the Solar Eclipse

This video explains how our moon creates a solar eclipse.

Moon viewing ideas for the whole family!

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 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. 

Bright Venus seen near the crescent Moon on July 15, 2018. 

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...

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

The early morning Moon sets behind Turret Arch in Arches National Park, Utah on July 28, 2018. 

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

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.

The waxing Moon rises over a ridge in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah. 

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

Now you can have all the dates and times for all the Moon phases for the year at your fingertips.

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

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

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.

LRO: Seeing the Moon Lithograph

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

LRO: Lunar Topography Lithograph

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

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

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 Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol Dome is seen in silouette in front of a supermoon on Monday, Nov. 14, 2016.