Global Moon Night Spotlights Lunar Science and a Fresh Crater Discovery

The annual International Observe the Moon Night invites moon lovers worldwide to view the Moon and learn about lunar science, with NASA-backed events and 22 happenings in the D.C. region. The piece also highlights recent lunar research: computer simulations suggest the Moon could have formed within five hours after the Theia impact, and a newly identified crater named McGetchin was detected on the Moon’s eastern edge from NASA’s LRO data, possibly visible as a flash under favorable conditions.