How does our Moon look like from Southern Hemisphere

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This 4K presentation offers a visual portrayal of the Moon's changing phases and libration, captured in hourly segments throughout the year 2022. The perspective provided is from the Southern Hemisphere. Each individual frame within the video corresponds to a one-hour interval. Moreover, this visualization meticulously presents the Moon's position within its orbit, its alignment with the Earth's center and the point where it directly faces the Sun (subsolar point), as well as its varying distance from Earth, all adhering to accurate proportions. Notably, craters found near the dividing line between the illuminated and shadowed parts of the Moon's surface are annotated. Similarly, significant locations such as Apollo landing sites, maria (dark, flat regions), and other light-reflecting attributes are labeled specifically when they are illuminated by sunlight. The credit for this video creation is attributed to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, with the data visualization crafted by Ernie Wright (USRA), and production and editing overseen by David Ladd (AIMM). The musical accompaniment is "Blossom Hills" composed by Achille Richard, provided by Universal Production Music.

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