Moon Phase and Libration

  • Released Tuesday, December 12th, 2017
  • Updated Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 at 12:00AM

Dial-A-Moon

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Enter a time to see what the moon looked like (or will look like) at that time.

Time (UTC) 2023-01-01T00:00
Obscuration 00.0%
Phase 00.0% (0d 0h 0m)
Diameter 0000.0 arcseconds
Distance 00.0 km (0.00 Earth diameters)
J2000 Right Ascension, Declination 0h 0m 0s, 0° 0' 0"
Sub-Solar Longitude, Latitude 0.000°, 0.000°
Sub-Earth Longitude, Latitude 0.000°, 0.000°
Position Angle 0.000°

Every year since 2011, the SVS produces its annual visualization of the Moon's phase and libration comprising 8760 hourly renderings of the precise size, orientation, and illumination of our nearest neighbor in space. The above displays the current state of the Moon. Click on the image to download a much larger version with labeled craters and additional graphics. Follow the links below to see the Moon at any hour of the year, play the animations, access the frames at multiple resolutions, and read detailed explanations.

North Up

South Up

Eclipses

These lunar eclipse visualizations include a Dial-a-Moon feature similar to that of the phase and libration pages.