Earth - Moon System model
Time scale
Animation 60 sec.
Represent 28 days
Earth 28 rotation cycles
Moon 1 orbital and rotation cycles
Points of view data
Point of view FOV Distance to Earth center Horizontal alignment Located
Earth&Moon 40° 545,000 km Ecliptic - North pole up Opposition to the Sun
...to Moon center
Moon Cycle 378,022 km Ecliptic - North pole up Sea level / Moon orbit plane
Moon, Earth & Sun 50° 6,000 km " Moon equator
 
Model maps*
Earth: Satellite map, with a simulated cloud cover by Don Edwards.
Moon: Photographic map with some fictitious parts in the poles, by John Van Vliet
* See Credits