International Observe the Moon Night 2025

In celebration of International Observe the Moon Night, catch up on lunar science and exploration highlights from NASA, including preparations for Artemis, and explore the ways in which participants from around the world participate in the program.

Check out the program website (https://moon.nasa.gov/observe) to learn more, find evaluation resources, and to register to add yourself to the map of lunar observers around the world.

You can also add your own event images to our Flickr page (https://www.flickr.com/groups/observe...) and share your experience using the hashtag #ObserveTheMoon on social media.

Keep up with lunar science and exploration throughout the year on https://science.nasa.gov/moon and by following NASA Solar System and NASA Artemis on social media.

International Observe the Moon Night is sponsored by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission and the Solar System Exploration Division at Goddard, with many supporters around the world.
Contributors:
-Federación de Asociaciones Astronómicas de España (FAAE)
-Sina Kürtz, German Space Agency
-Mariana and David, Australia
-Kuʻulei Bezilla, Hawai’i

Music credit: "Beginning of the Story," "Journey to the Countryside," "Outside Your Comfort Zone," and "Keep Looking Up" by Mark Russell from Universal Production Music

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio

Producers:
James Tralie (eMITS)
Dan Gallagher (eMITS)
Social media support:
Staci Horvath (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Outreach coordinators:
Staci Horvath (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Caela Barry (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Animators:
Wes D. Buchanan (eMITS)
Walt Feimer (eMITS)
Art director:
Michael Lentz (eMITS)
Artist:
Vi Nguyen (ASRC Federal System Solutions)

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