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Moon Phases 2017

Image Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Published: December 22, 2016

The phase and libration of the Moon for 2017, 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 true scale. Craters near the terminator are labeled.

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