The South Pole-Aitken basin is the moon’s largest and oldest visible crater, formed around 4 billion years ago. It’s like a giant time capsule, holding clues about the moon’s early history.
See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024. Today, Dec. 11, 2024, the moon is 10 days old, in the waxing gibbous phase of its lunar cycle.
What are the hopes for Artemis III? The Artemis III mission blasts off in 2026, and aims to help scientists learn more about how the moon formed and evolved, and whether humans could live there.