Supermoon Eclipse 2015 Live Shots Interviews And B-roll

Dial-A-Moon Typically, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft flies over the night side of the Moon every two hours, spending about 45 minutes in darkness. Because LRO is powered by sunlight, it uses a rechargeable battery to operate while on the night side of the Moon and then charges the battery when it comes back around into daylight.During the total lunar eclipse of September 27-28, 2015, however, LRO emerges from the night side of the Moon only to find the Sun blocked by the Earth. LRO needs to travel an entire orbit before seeing the Sun again, relying continuously on its battery for almost three hours.LRO won’t be in any real danger as long as its power consumption is handled carefully. Except for LRO s view of the Sun during the eclipse. The view is dark when the Moon is in the way. For More InformationSee [2015 Lunar Eclipse Gallery](http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/SupermoonLunarEclipseSeptember2015.html)

With the lunar horizon in the foreground, the Earth passes in front of the Sun, revealing the red ring of sunrises and sunsets along the limb of the Earth. The Earth and Sun are in Virgo for observers on the Moon. The bright star above them is beta Virginis.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. On September 28, 2015 Universal Time (the evening of the 27th for the Americas), the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. When viewed from the Moon, as in this animation, the Earth hides the Sun. A red ring, the sum of all Earth’s sunrises and sunsets, lines the Earth’s limb and casts a ruddy light on the lunar landscape. With the darkness of the eclipse, the stars come out.The city lights of North and South America and of western Europe and Africa are visible on the night side of the Earth. The part of the Earth visible in this animation is the part where the lunar eclipse can be seen.

This animated video explains a rare event happening on September 27th, 2015 - a supermoon lunar eclipse. For complete transcript, click here.Watch this video on the NASAexplorer YouTube channel. On the night of September 27th, 2015, a supermoon lunar ecllipse will be viewable in the night sky for those living in North and South America. Those living in Europe and Africa can view it in the early morning hours of September 28th.This video explains what a supermoon lunar eclipse is, and how rare it has been over the last century. For More InformationSee [https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/SupermoonLunarEclipseSeptember2015.html](https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/SupermoonLunarEclipseSeptember2015.html)

The geometry of the Moon t physically valid, since these occur at two different points in time. For More InformationSee [2015 Lunar Eclipse Gallery](http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/SupermoonLunarEclipseSeptember2015.html)

Universal Time (UT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. On the evening of September 27, 2015 in the Americas (early morning on September 28 in Europe and most of Africa), the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse, the last of four visible in the Western Hemisphere in a span of 18 months. This animation shows the changing appearance of the Moon as it travels into and out of the Earth’s shadow, along with the times at various stages. Versions of the animation have been created for each of the four time zones of the contiguous United States, as well as one for Universal Time.All of South America and most of North and Central America will see the entire eclipse, while those west of roughly 120W will see it in progress at moonrise. You won’t need special equipment to see it. Just go outside and look up!The penumbra is the part of the Earth’s shadow where the Sun is only partially covered by the Earth. The umbra is where the Sun is completely hidden. The Moon s position against the background stars will look a bit different for observers at different locations on the surface of the Earth. The Moon is in the southwestern part of the constellation Pisces. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. Central Daylight Time (CDT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, leaving in its wake an eclipse diagram with the times at various stages of the eclipse. The Moon moves right to left, passing through the penumbra and umbra, at 10 seconds per frame. Frames include an alpha channel. The star field that appears behind the Moon during the eclipse. The Moon is in Pisces. Because of the narrow field of view, no easily recognized stars are visible here. The brightest star, HR 67 (or HIP 1421), is magnitude 6.2, visible only to the keenest eyes in an especially dark location. For More InformationSee [2015 Lunar Eclipse Gallery](http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/SupermoonLunarEclipseSeptember2015.html)

Dial-A-Moon New: Click on the image to download a high-resolution version with labels for craters near the terminator. The data in the table for the entire year can be downloaded as a JSON file or as a text file.The animation archived on this page shows the geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2015, at hourly intervals. Until the end of 2015, the initial Dial-A-Moon image will be the frame from this animation for the current hour.More in this series:Moon Phase and Libration GalleryLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been in orbit around the Moon since the summer of 2009. Its laser altimeter (LOLA) and camera (LROC) are recording the rugged, airless lunar terrain in exceptional detail, making it possible to visualize the Moon with unprecedented fidelity. This is especially evident in the long shadows cast near the terminator, or day-night line. The pummeled, craggy landscape thrown into high relief at the terminator would be impossible to recreate in the computer without global terrain maps like those from LRO.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 makes it look like it s. During New Moon here, the Earth is full as viewed from the Moon. Crater labels. The labels appear when the center of the crater is within 20 degrees of the terminator (the day-night line). They are on the western edge of the crater during waxing phases (before Full Moon) and to the east during waning phases. The frames include an alpha channel. Waxing crescent. Visible toward the southwest in early evening. First quarter. Visible high in the southern sky in early evening. Waxing gibbous. Visible to the southeast in early evening, up for most of the night. Full Moon. Rises at sunset, high in the sky around midnight. Visible all night. Waning gibbous. Rises after sunset, high in the sky after midnight, visible to the southwest after sunrise. Third quarter. Rises around midnight, visible to the south after sunrise. Waning crescent. Low to the east before sunrise. New Moon. By the modern definition, New Moon occurs when the Moon and Sun are at the same geocentric ecliptic longitude. The part of the Moon facing us is completely in shadow then. Pictured here is the traditional New Moon, the earliest visible waxing crescent, which signals the start of a new month in many lunar and lunisolar calendars.

This image set is formatted for NASA s summit, at the same pixel scale as the original NAC image. A view of the central peak from directly overhead, cropped from NAC image M127008391L. A magma flow around Tycho crater that resembles a waterfall. More info. NAC image M162350671 at its original resolution. In this animation, the camera pans over the image as if the viewer were flying past Tycho crater, then zooms in on the summit of the central peak. For More InformationSee [http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/384](http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/384)

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