Moon in 3D

Moon in 3D is a 3D globe of the Moon built from public lunar data. Drag to turn it, pinch to zoom, and fly down to craters, mountains and the Apollo landing sites. The Moon is lit by the Sun as it is tonight, and you can move the time forward or back to watch the phase change. What you can do - Fly from the whole Moon down to the surface in one continuous move. - Visit the Apollo landing sites and, at Apollo 17, stand at eye level on the surface. - Jump to viewpoints such as Tycho and Earthrise. - Set the date and time and see the lighting and phase change. - Share a view as a link that opens the same place on another device. What the data is, and what is modelled The terrain and imagery come from real lunar measurements: NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LOLA elevation, LROC images), the SLDEM2015 terrain model, and the JAXA SELENE Terrain Camera. Where the data runs out at close range, the surface is a smooth model, not a photograph. The Sun, Earth and star positions are calculated from astronomy formulas. The Apollo lunar module is a 3D model, not a photograph. Detail varies by place, and the app does not claim more than the data under it supports. Free, no account, no ads. The app downloads map tiles as you explore, so you need a connection for close-up detail. Credits NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LOLA, LROC); SLDEM2015; JAXA SELENE Terrain Camera, ISAS/JAXA (modified); Apollo panoramas, NASA/JSC; lunar module model, NASA 3D Resources / Michael D. Carbajal; star catalogue HYG, CC BY-SA 4.0. NASA does not endorse this app. Full credits and open-source notices are in the app under About.