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Third Quarter
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Third quarter. Rises around midnight, visible to the south after sunrise. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been in orbit around the Moon since the summer of 2009. Its laser altimeter (LOLA) and camera (LROC) are recording the rugged, airless lunar terrain in exceptional detail, making it possible to visualize the Moon with unprecedented fidelity. This is especially evident in the long shadows cast near the terminator, or day-night line.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineThird Quarter. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e000870.
