EarthSky // FAQs // Space By EarthSky Oct 29, 2009

What does Earth look like from the moon?

Moon phases seen from Earth – and Earth phases seen from the moon – are always the reverse of each other.

From the moon, Earth looks like a relatively small, blue sphere. (Since one side of the moon always faces us, you’d have to be on that near side of the moon to see Earth at all.)

From any part of the moon’s near side, Earth would always be in your sky. It would wax and wane, just as the moon does as seen from our world.

Moon phases seen from Earth – and Earth phases seen from the moon – are always the reverse of each other. When we see a nearly full moon, any moon people would see a slim crescent Earth. And the next time you see a crescent moon from Earth, you can imagine seeing a nearly full Earth hanging in the lunar sky.

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24 Responses to What does Earth look like from the moon?

  1. lacy says:

    this is awsome

  2. troy says:

    this is sweet

  3. jada says:

    i never knew that!

  4. Taylor says:

    that is cool at it yall lol:]

  5. Fahren says:

    dat is cool

  6. faiza says:

    astronomy is amazing :]

  7. tokorev says:

    you know, i have been into astronamy since, well forever, i have alwasy love looking up into the cosmos, i may not have a good telescope yet but what i have seen is breath taking, but still, nothing is like this, this is amazing, btw i wonder what earth looks like from space during a full moon

  8. sukhi says:

    what a nature!!it seems like you are viewing earth right next to a tree.wow!!!!!!!!!

  9. Miguel Calixto says:

    Sweet my class was reading this and we rate it up to 100% WWWOOO HHHOOO YEAH!!!!

  10. Reva says:

    thank you for info….superb

  11. anaanagom says:

    thaaats Kindaa Cool Loll(:

  12. anaanagom says:

    Ohh &&& I Have To Make A Hard Project About The Earth): Can Someone Please help mee!

  13. Brenda(: says:

    That Cool,I Guess Mahh Class Was Readdinq About Thaaat Hi Ana Loll.I Have To Do Thaat Project Too Is’nt It Hardd!);

  14. anaanagom says:

    Yeaah Loll,I Dont Get This At All): I Needda Helpp

  15. Brenda(: says:

    kaaaay Mee too Byeeeee Brendaa! loll It Is Wired Lmaoo!(: Byee see yuuuh inn maahspacee haha

  16. David says:

    Sorry but that image is a composite, I would love to see a real image, but I am not sure one has ever been taken. If you put that image into photoshop nothing makes sence!!…

  17. satish rokade says:

    its a very very nice thats type of picture challenge to me doing aerospace engineering,i hope i am success to build ships

  18. satish rokade says:

    my team working on that dream project i am the leader of the our team and i am proud of about it

  19. satish rokade says:

    i am sorry tejas,

  20. [...] May 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized THE MOON!!!!!!!! I’ll go to the moon and i’m interesting to see the Moon. How ndoes its look like to the Moon closer to the other planet and i thing that would like to see that. How does it looks like from the Moon to the earth they say its closer. From the Moon, the earth look like relativily small, blue shpere . I pick the Moon in the earth well say the Moon closer to the Earth. http://earthsky.org/space/what-does-earth-look-like-from-the-moon [...]

  21. Arun says:

    really its amazing,

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