Moon Phases 2017 – Northern Hemisphere – 4K

This 4K visualization shows the moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2017, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, distance from the Earth at true scale, and labels of craters near the terminator.

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To learn more about this visualization, or to see what the moon will look like at any hour in 2017, visit our "Dial A-Moon" website: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4537

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/David Ladd

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