Moon Phases 2018 - Southern Hemisphere - 4K

This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2018, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, distance from the Earth at true scale, and labels of craters near the terminator. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/David Ladd (USRA) Ernie Wright (USRA): Lead Visualizer John Keller (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Noah Petro (NASA/GSFC): Scientist Music Provided by Killer Tracks: "Euphoric Glow" - Andrew Skeet, Andrew Britton, David Goldsmith. "Just Beyond" - Kelly McCollough. This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: