Skip Navigation
menu close modal

Resources

Supermoon (2014)

Full disc view of the Moon.
Source: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Published: April 29, 2019
Historical Date: August 10, 2014

A perigee full Moon or supermoon is seen, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in Washington. A supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full.

ENLARGE

Related

+ See annotated version In this unique mosaic image combining high-resolution data from the imaging science subsystem and composite infrared spectrometer aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, pockets ...
More
Mosaic image of Enceladus from high-resolution data from the imaging science subsystem aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft,
Enceladus' Warm Baghdad Sulcus -- Unannotated
The recently formed south polar vortex stands out in the color-swaddled atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in this natural color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The south polar vorte...
More
The recently formed south polar vortex stands out in the color-swaddled atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in this natural color view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Polar Vortex in Color
These two images demonstrate how, over time, rain can carve landscapes into formations that look like aspects of volcanoes. The images are computer simulation models of landform evolution by Alan H...
More
Un-eroded rolling cratered surface, left, and how it would look like after millennia of erosion caused by rain
Volcano Impostors
Appearing like a freckle on the face of Saturn, a shadow from the moon Enceladus blemishes the planet just below the ringplane in this Cassini spacecraft image. Enceladus is not shown here. This v...
More
a shadow from the moon Enceladus on Saturn
Shadow Freckle
NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the central area of the south polar basin. This view is rotated by approximately 60°.
More
Topography of Vesta's South Polar Region III
Topography of Vesta's South Polar Region III
ORIGINAL CAPTION: At Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers are installing three Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) on the Cassini spacecraft. 
More
Three men install parts on a spacecraft.
Installing a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)
This photo was taken around the time of the Mariner 4 launch to Mars, which launched on 28 November 1964. 
More
This photo was taken around the time of the Mariner 4 launch to Mars, which launched on 28 November 1964.
Working Long Hours on Mariner 4
+ View Related Video In this image of a Saturnian Groundhog Day, the moon Epimetheus has seen its shadow cast on the rings in a forecast of the future. Dramatic moon shadows will dance across the ...
More
Epimetheus casts its shadow on Saturn's rings
Groundhog Day on Saturn
This high-contrast, colorized mosaic from NASA's Cassini mission shows an infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun, from July 19, 2013.
More
Infrared view of the Saturn system, backlit by the sun
High-Contrast Infrared Scan of Saturn and its Rings
                  Light and Shadow July 30, 2004   Full-Res: PIA05424   The dark shadow of Saturn's southern hemisphe...
More
Light and Shadow
Light and Shadow
In this stunning image, the Cassini spacecraft looks at the dark side of Saturn's largest moon. The narrowing circle of light surrounding Titan is produced by sunlight scattering through Titan's ...
More
Titan
Incomplete Halo
This view of Tethys displays three of the moon's most notable surface features. At upper left is the giant Odysseus impact basin. At lower right is the great scar of Ithaca Chasma. Extending from e...
More
Tethys
The Triad of Tethys
The Cassini spacecraft captured this high-resolution view of the cratered surface of Saturn's moon Rhea as the spacecraft flew by the moon on Oct. 17, 2010. For closer views of Rhea's surface from...
More
Rhea
Rhea's Northern Craters
This image of Ceres is part of a sequence taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 7, 2015, from a distance of 8,400 miles (13,600 kilometers).
More
Dawn RC3 Image 23
Dawn RC3 Image 23
This image, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows dwarf planet Ceres from an altitude of 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers). The image, with a resolution of 1,400 feet (410 meters) per pixel, was take...
More
Dawn Survey Orbit Image 23
Dawn Survey Orbit Image 23
South Pole in Ultraviolet October 21, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06503 Wavy bands in Saturn's high atmosphere lazily circle the south polar re...
More
South Pole in Ultraviolet
South Pole in Ultraviolet
The Cassini spacecraft continues to investigate the intriguing structure in Saturn's outer B-ring edge. This region has a much perturbed character compared to the orderly rings around it. Ring sci...
More
Saturn's outer B-ring
Perturbed Edge
Receding Titan July 27, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06087 A day after entering orbit around Saturn, Cassini sped silently past Titan, imagi...
More
Receding Titan
Receding Titan
This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, taken on Oct. 17, 2015, from an altitude of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers), shows southern mid-latitudes on Ceres, including a relatively fresh crater near uppe...
More
Dawn HAMO Image 74
Dawn HAMO Image 74
This view from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater in the southern hemisphere of Ceres with a prominent central peak. The image is centered at approximately 63 degrees south latitude, 143 degrees...
More
Dawn LAMO Image 18
Dawn LAMO Image 18
This image of Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows three prominent craters located to the northeast of a terrace (the terrace feature being located at left in this image).
More
Dawn HAMO Image 58
Dawn HAMO Image 58
This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbiting the giant asteroid Vesta. The depiction of Vesta is based on images obtained by Dawn's framing cameras.
More
Dawn Orbiting Vesta
Dawn Orbiting Vesta
Like a shepherd guarding his sheep, Prometheus keeps a lonely watch over the F ring. Gravitational interactions between the ring and its shepherd moons, Prometheus (53 miles, or 86 kilometers acro...
More
Prometheus and the F ring
A Shepherd's Watch
+ View Image with Labels The Cassini spacecraft captures eight new propeller-like features within Saturn's A ring in what may be the propeller "hot zone" of Saturn's rings. Propeller features for...
More
Propeller-like features within Saturn's A ring
Propeller Belt
A Cassini spacecraft image captures a bright, oblong storm swirling high through the middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. The image was taken through a spectral filter centered on waveleng...
More
The middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere of Saturn
High Clouds Aloft

You Might Also Like