• The Earth Moon System as from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

  • Phases of the Moon. (With some traditional "Space" music.)

  • Location and Phase of the Moon at Sunset

  • Location and Phase of the Moon at Sunrise

  • Why there are phases of the Moon - picture

  • Why there are Phases of the Moon - in motion (load Phases.swf)


  • A Solar Eclipse Animation as seen from space.

  • Another Solar Eclipse Animation (load TotalSolarEclipse.swf)

  • A Total Lunar Eclipse from June 15, 2011.
    Note: this is a time lapse - i.e. time sped up; the actual eclipse is much slower.
    LRO is the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

  • Bennet's Lunar Eclipse Figure again

  • Lunar Eclipse from August 3, 2018

  • Why there aren't eclipses every month?

  • Future Total Solar Eclipses

  • The amazing eclipse coming on August 2, 2027: ~6.5 minutes of totality in Egypt!

  • Images from the 2017 Eclipse

  • Images from the 2024 Eclipse

  • Videos:
    • The 2017 Eclipse as seen from the GOES-16 Satellite
    • The 2024 Eclipse - as seen from space
    • The 2017 Eclipse from lakeside in Idaho
    • 2017: A 360-degree sunset while under the umbral shadow (from Jerry Reisenberg)
    • 2024: Time-lapse drone footage of the quad at Miami
    • 2024: Time-lapse images from the beginning of partial to last diamond ring (by Reinhold Wittich)


  • Comparing a Partial to a Total Solar Eclipse

  • My favorite: The Beauty and Majesty of Totality (2008) (by Thomas Reichart)