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The Moon
The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite—a rocky, cratered body about one‑quarter the diameter of Earth, orbiting at an average distance of approximately 384,400 km. It influences tides, stabilizes Earth’s axial tilt, and was formed about 4.5 billion years ago following a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "The Moon"
Triple Conjunction Over Galician National Park
24/06/2015
A Colorful Lunar Corona
15/06/2015
Messier Craters in Stereo
30/05/2015
The Sky from Mauna Kea
11/05/2015
Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow
03/05/2015
Space Station over Lunar Terminator
27/04/2015
Total Solar Eclipse over Svalbard
20/04/2015
Through the Shadow of the Moon
Video
14/04/2015
Full Moon in Earth's Shadow
08/04/2015
Suiting Up for the Moon
01/04/2015
Diamond Rings and Baily's Beads
28/03/2015
A Double Eclipse of the Sun
22/03/2015
Northern Equinox Eclipse
21/03/2015
Sunshine, Earthshine
20/03/2015
Earth During a Total Eclipse of the Sun
18/03/2015
A Total Eclipse at the End of the World
15/03/2015
The Great Wall by Moonlight
13/03/2015
Lenticular Cloud, Moon, Mars, Venus
02/03/2015
Moon-Venus-Mars Skyline
28/02/2015
Love and War by Moonlight
26/02/2015
An Evening Sky Conjunction
20/02/2015
Aurora on Ice
13/02/2015
Huygens Lands on Titan
16/01/2015
Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
03/01/2015
Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
20/12/2014
Moondog Night
11/12/2014
Orion Launch
06/12/2014
Plato and the Lunar Alps
04/12/2014
Galileo's Europa Remastered
27/11/2014
Moon and Earth from Chang'e 5-T1
04/11/2014