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4 days ago · The Earth and the Moon form the Earth-Moon satellite system with a shared center of mass, or barycenter. This barycenter is 1,700 km (1,100 mi) (about a quarter of Earth's radius) beneath the Earth's surface. The Moon's orbit is slightly elliptical, with an orbital eccentricity of 0.055. [1]
1 day ago · The new moon of July 2024 occurs today as Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun, known as aphelion. The new moon arrives on July 5 at 6:57 p.m. Eastern Time (2257 UTC), according to the U ...
1 day ago · June 25 2024 marked a new "first" in the history of spaceflight. China's robotic Chang'e 6 spacecraft delivered samples of rock back to Earth from a huge feature on the moon called the south pole ...
2 days ago · These tides can swing exceptionally high or low due to the combined gravitational influences of the Sun and Moon. Here are the dates for all the lunar phases in 2024: The next Full Moon in 2024 is ...
5 days ago · Phase and Libration 2024 (Northern Hemisphere View) The Moon always keeps the same face to us, but not exactly the same face. Because of the tilt and shape of its orbit, we see the Moon from slightly different angles over the course of a month. When a month is compressed into 24 seconds, as it is in this animation, our changing view of the Moon ...
5 days ago · Welcome to NASA’s Exploring the Moon, a video series that takes a behind-the-scenes look at humanity’s next steps on the Moon. Brought to you by the Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program.
4 days ago · See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.
