Live Earth-from-Moon Renderer
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Earth textures by Solar System Scope, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Star field: Hipparcos catalogue (ESA 1997) via CDS VizieR. Eclipse predictions verified against the NASA GSFC eclipse catalog (Espenak & Meeus).
WebGL is not available in this browser. The 2D scientific view below shows the same geometry without a 3D scene.
Capabilities
What the feed is designed to deliver
When an observatory is on the lunar surface, this is the view it is conceived to provide — high resolution, in real time, from a vantage point no continuous camera has held before.
8K-class resolution
Enough detail to hold the entire Earth disc sharp at once — clouds, continents, and the moving day–night line.
Real-time view
Earth as it is right now, transmitted from the Moon to ground stations and on to anyone watching — no recording, no delay by design.
Lunar-horizon perspective
Earth seen rising above the Moon's surface — a fixed, continuous angle on our world that ground-based and orbital views cannot offer.
Follow the view as it takes shape
The live feed is still ahead of us — the project is in concept phase. Get in touch to follow how it develops, or help bring a permanent window on Earth a step closer.
Scientific debug
Orbital Engine
Computing Earth's apparent position on the lunar sky from exact
JPL DE440
ephemeris data and laser-surveyed horizons (LRO LOLA) — currently at
Gioja East Highland — 83.060° / 20.600°E.
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How to read the panel: the grey profile is the site's real, laser-measured skyline; the blue disc is Earth at its true apparent size and phase; the points are real Hipparcos stars, the bright disc the Sun; the amber inset tracks the month's libration loop in longitude and latitude. Every motion is computed from the packed JPL DE440 series — nothing is animated by hand.
Waiting for first computation…