Moon at 97%

The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite, orbiting at an average distance of 384 399 km. It faces Earth always with the same side. This is a result of Earth’s gravitational pull having synchronized the Moon’s rotation period with its orbital period of 29.5 Earth days.

Data for this image was gathered 2025-03-15.
Data for this image: 200 frames from a video file using the L filter.
Processing: AstroSurface and PixInsight.