Skip Navigation
menu close modal

Resources

Observe the Moon Around the World

Whimsical illustration of a skyline of monuments from all over the world representing different countries and cultures, looping behind a logo of Observe the Moon.
Image Credit: NASA/Vi Nguyen
Published: May 24, 2021

Share this animated GIF to celebrate and promote International Observe the Moon Night!

ENLARGE

Related

Every Moon phase in 2021.
More
Video showing the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2021, at hourly intervals.
Moon Phase and Libration 2021
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landing of humans on the Moon, the Night Sky Network has new Moon handouts and activities. 
More
Logo for NASA's Apollo 50th celebration featuring the Moon and Mars
Apollo at 50 Moon Toolkit and Resources from NASA's Night Sky Network
日 10月16 2021年国际赏月夜
More
Imagined landscape featuring landmarks from around the world, with information about International Observe the Moon Night.
保存此日期
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...
More
moon rising over mountains
Harvest Moon
A mosaic of images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter centered on the Moon's Orientale basin. 
More
A mosaic of images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter centered on the Moon's Orientale basin.
Orientale Basin
The Moon looks a little different every night—this chart shows why.
More
Chart showing the different phases of the Moon
Phases of the Moon
This colorful folder design focuses on our moon's stunning beauty and features a brief history of recent exploration.
More
This colorful folder design focuses on our moon's stunning beauty and features a brief history of recent exploration.
Earth's New Moon Folder
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2017, at hourly intervals. 
More
Animation showing phases on the moon in 2017.
Moon Phases 2017
A complete slideshow overview of NASA's Apollo lunar exploration program.  Last updated: December 2020
More
Two downloadable PowerPoint presentations.
The Apollo Legacy and NASA's Leap into the Future
Three days prior to its planned impact on a lunar mountain, mission controllers activated the camera aboard one of NASA's GRAIL twins to take some final photos from lunar orbit.
More
Video showing final photos from the GRAIL mission
Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL Mission
A simple visualization of Moon orbiting Earth in a view from the north ecliptic pole.
More
A simple visualization of Moon orbiting Earth in a view from the north ecliptic pole.
Earth and Moon
Astronauts: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart Stresses the testing of the Lunar Module, the spacecraft that will land men on the Moon. Featured are sequences of launch, ...
More
Documentary about Apollo 9
Apollo 9 - Three To Make Ready (1969)
NASA experts discuss astronaut training, tools for the Artemis mission, and the importance of returning to the Moon.
More
Video about the geology training astronauts receive before embarking on their mission back to the Lunar South Pole, new tools being developed for the Artemis Mission, and the importance of going back to the Moon to conduct science.
NASA Prepares to Explore the Moon: Spacesuits and Tools
This is one of a three-poster set that examines how our geologic understanding of the Moon will be used as we plan to live and work there in the future.  
More
This is one of a three-poster set that examines how our geologic understanding of the Moon will be used as we plan to live and work there in the future.
Our Moon in a New Light Poster
Use this graphic on social media or at your event to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night!
More
Observe the Moon written in many languages
Observe the Moon Graphic in Many Languages
This false-color photograph is a composite of 15 images of the Moon.
More
Rainbow colored Moon.
Colorful Moon
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun.
More
This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun.
Moon Crossing From a Million Miles Away
Video of the moon taken by the NASA GRAIL mission's MoonKam camera aboard the Ebb spacecraft on Dec. 14, 2012
More
video of lunar surface
Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL Mission
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a high resolution image of the Apollo 11 landing site.
More
video showing Apollo 11 site from orbit and the ground
LRO Explores the Apollo 11 Landing Site
The near side of Earth's Moon, as seen based on data from cameras aboard NASA's robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
More
Near side of Earth's Moon
Lunar Near Side
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.
More
Map of Lunar Heritage Sites
Lunar Heritage Sites and GRAIL's Final Mile
Silent video of the Apollo 8 Saturn V rocket launching into orbit
More
Silent video of Apollo 8 launch
Apollo 8 Airborne Tracking
These maps of the moon show the "Bouguer" gravity anomalies as measured by NASA's GRAIL mission.
More
Three heat maps showing the moon's gravity
Gravity of the Moon's Crust
This video explains how our moon creates a solar eclipse.
More
Video on how our moon creates a solar eclipse.
The Moon's Role in a Solar Eclipse
Now you can have all the dates and times for all the Moon phases for the year at your fingertips.
More
Printable, buildable moon phase calculation wheel.
Make a Moon Phases Calendar and Calculator

You Might Also Like

Like Earth, the Moon has a day side and a night side, which change as the Moon rotates.
More
Diagram of the Moon's phases
Moon Phases
When the full moon is a little bit closer to us than usual, it appears especially large and bright in the sky.
More
A supermoon partially obscured by treeline in the foreground.
Supermoons
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.
More
Composite of lunar eclipse phases over night sky
Eclipses