Earth’s Moon Our Natural Satellite

Explore every aspect of Our Moon. Learn about Earth’s Moon. Take Part in the International Observe the Moon; better yet learn how to host the event. 

Imagine you’re in a spaceship, traveling away from Earth. As you sail onward, you see our planet and its Moon locked together in their endless, circling, gravitational embrace. Your distant view gives you a unique perspective on the Moon that can be hard to visualize from the ground, where the Moon appears to sweep through the sky as an ever-changing globe of light.