The Moon

    Notice the figure of the Moon in the frame in the upper left corner. This is an up to the minute representation of the phase of the Moon brought to you by the United States Naval Observatory.

   Just for fun, what is a Blue Moon?

   For those of you with telescopes, here's a site that will show you which parts of the Moon are in daylight, and which are in darkness. This site also gives you the date and times of the phases of the Moon.

    If you want to see dramatic details of the surface features, look alond the sunrise or sunset terminators, where the Sun is either rising or setting.

   Feel like singing about the Moon? Try this site!


    Here are some useful sites that have maps of lunar features:

The Full Moon Atlas

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Updated January 5, 2006