NASA | Moon Phases 2016, Southern Hemisphere - 4K

This 4K visualization shows the Moon’s phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2016, 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. To learn more about this visualization, or to see what the Moon will look like at any hour in 2016, visit our “Dial A-Moon“ website: