Moon's Southern Hemisphere Journey: A 2022 Visual Odyssey

This 4K presentation illustrates the changing phases of the Moon and its slight wobble, known as libration, captured in hourly segments throughout the year 2022. The perspective is from the Southern Hemisphere. Each individual frame within the presentation corresponds to a single hour. Additionally, this visualization depicts the Moon's orbital position, points where it is directly between the Earth and the Sun (sub-Earth) or directly illuminated by the Sun (sub-solar), and its distance from the Earth, all accurately represented. Notably, craters situated near the line dividing the illuminated and shadowed portions of the Moon are marked, along with landmarks such as the sites of Apollo moon landings, dark plains known as maria, and other sunlit features with varying reflectivity.