NASA shows what the phases of the Moon will look like in both hemispheres in 2025

As it has been doing for years around this time, NASA has published two interesting videos about the coming year.

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In these 4K quality videos, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows us what the Moon will look like at every hour and day in 2025, as long as there are no clouds or other obstacles that prevent us from seeing it, of course (buildings, trees, or a giant alien spacecraft like the one in "Independence Day"). These videos show the different phases (new moon, first quarter, full moon, and last quarter) and the libration of the Moon, that is, the oscillations of our natural satellite for any observer viewing it from Earth.

The Goddard Center notes that these videos show the Moon moving in hourly intervals. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon’s orbital position, subsolar and underground points, and the distance to Earth in full scale (you can see it behind the large image of the Moon). In addition, the names of craters near the terminator (the line dividing the illuminated area from the dark area of ​​the Moon) are labeled on the Moon, as well as Apollo landing sites, seas, and other features of the lunar albedo (the amount of sunlight reflected by our star).

Here you can see the video corresponding to the northern hemisphere:

And here is the video of the southern hemisphere:

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Photo: NASA / Ernie Wright.