Moon Lunar Closeup Of Apennine Mountains Stock Photography

The Moon was in a Waxing Gibbous phase showing 58% illuminated setting a few hours before sunrise. Geology or selenology of the Moon lunar surface created by micrometeorites, astertoids, meteorites, volcanism. The lunar landscape is characterized by impact craters, their ejecta, a few volcanoes, hills, lava flows and depressions filled by magma. The most distinctive aspect of the Moon is the contrast between its bright and dark zones. Lighter surfaces are the lunar highlands, terrae and the darker plains are called maria.