The public is invited to participate in NASA’s celebration of "International Observe the Moon Night" on Saturday, Oct. 1. This annual, worldwide public engagement event takes place when the Moon is close to first quarter – a great phase for evening observing. Last year about 500,000 people participated from 122 countries and all seven continents.
This celebration provides opportunities to
learn about lunar science and exploration, observe celestial bodies, and honor
personal and cultural connections to the Moon.
Credits: NASA/Vi Nguyen Download image here.
How to participate:
- Host an event in your community; participate in an event; or observe with your family, friends, or on your own. Events can
be in-person, virtual, or hybrid.
- Register your
participation to add yourself to the map of lunar observers worldwide.
- Connect
with lunar enthusiasts around the world and share your Moon viewing
experience on social media, tagging #ObserveTheMoon.
- On October 1, tune into a NASA TV Broadcast from
7p.m.–8p.m. EST and find views of the Moon from telescopes around the
world on the program’s Live
Streams page.
- Find more information and resources on moon.nasa.gov/observe.
Refer to NASA’s Moon viewing guides, activity guides, and custom 2022
program Moon maps to make the most of your observations:
The Moon is a stepping stone to learning more about our solar system,
galaxy, and universe. NASA is preparing to launch its Artemis I test flight to the
Moon, a major step forward in a new era of human deep-space exploration.
Through Artemis missions, NASA
will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, using
innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before
for the benefit of all.
International Observe the Moon Night is sponsored by NASA’s Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission and the Solar System Exploration Division
of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, with support from
many partners. Launched on June 18, 2009, LRO has collected a treasure trove of
data with its seven powerful instruments, making an invaluable contribution to
our knowledge about the Moon. LRO is managed by NASA Goddard for the Science
Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
For more information about International Observe the Moon Night, visit: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe
For more information about the Oct. 1 live streams, visit: https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/participate/live-streams/
For more information about the Artemis program, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
For more information about the Moon, visit: https://moon.nasa.gov
For more information about LRO, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/lro
Nancy Neal Jones
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Source: Celebrate 'International Observe the Moon Night' with NASA | NASA
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