{"id":15741,"date":"2018-03-18T14:21:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T18:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15741"},"modified":"2018-03-18T14:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T18:21:58","slug":"video-watch-the-moon-rotate-in-a-time-lapse-lunar-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15741","title":{"rendered":"Video: Watch the Moon rotate in a time-lapse lunar day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Floyd notwithstanding, there is no &#8220;Dark side of the Moon&#8221; any more than there is a dark side of the earth. The Moon rotates just like earth does, continually changing which half of the sphere is in sunlight and which half in darkness. Our celestial companion keeps one face turned towards us as it orbits around the earth, which means it takes a month rather than 24 hours to make its full 360 degree rotation. Here is a compilation of images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) showing how the Moon would appear if you could sit fixed on a line between the Moon and the sun for a month:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap180318.html\" target=\"_d\">APOD: 2018 March 18 &#8211; Rotating Moon from LRO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sNUNB6CMnE8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p><center><b>Rotating Moon from LRO\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Video Credit:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lro.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">LRO<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/\" target=\"_d\">Arizona State U.<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_d\">NASA<\/a><\/center><b>Explanation:\u00a0<\/b>No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. That&#8217;s because the Earth&#8217;s moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p33_tUHDkMY\" target=\"_d\">only one side<\/a>. Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/\" target=\"_d\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter<\/a>\u00a0(LRO), a high resolution virtual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/news\/index.php?\/archives\/790-A-Unique-View-Of-The-Moon.html\" target=\"_d\">Moon rotation movie<\/a>\u00a0has been composed. The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sNUNB6CMnE8\">above time-lapse video<\/a>\u00a0starts with the standard Earth\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/moon\/\" target=\"_d\">view of the Moon<\/a>. Quickly, though,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap110312.html\" target=\"_d\">Mare Orientale<\/a>, a large crater with a dark center that is difficult to see from the Earth, rotates into view just below the equator. From an entire\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/19699\/does-the-moon-rotate\/\" target=\"_d\">lunar month<\/a>\u00a0condensed into 24 seconds, the video clearly shows that the Earth side of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap160201.html\" target=\"_d\">the Moon<\/a>\u00a0contains an abundance of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_maria_on_the_Moon\" target=\"_d\">dark lunar maria<\/a>, while the lunar far side is dominated by bright\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geology_of_the_Moon#Highlands\" target=\"_d\">lunar highlands<\/a>. Currently, over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon#Funded_lunar_probe_missions_currently_under_development\" target=\"_d\">20 new missions to the Moon<\/a>\u00a0are under active development from four different countries, most of which have expected launch dates either this year or next.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=echo&amp;banner=146870N94VDD8MAPHT02&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=1a66b7640a95795359e192e9c202c69f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Floyd notwithstanding, there is no &#8220;Dark side of the Moon&#8221; any more than there is a dark side of the earth. The Moon rotates just like earth does, continually changing which half of the sphere is in sunlight and which half in darkness. Our celestial companion keeps one face turned towards us as it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15741\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Watch the Moon rotate in a time-lapse lunar day<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-45T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11972,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11972","url_meta":{"origin":15741,"position":0},"title":"Wonderful view of earth rising above the Moon&#8217;s horizon","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A great picture from the Moon: NASA Releases New High-Res Earthrise Image NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter\u00a0(LRO) recently captured a unique view of Earth from the spacecraft's\u00a0vantage point in orbit around the moon. 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