NASA APOD: Earth and Moon

The Earth and Moon are rarely photographed together.

One of most spectacular times this occurred was about 30 years ago when the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft zoomed past our home planetary system.

Then, robotic Galileo watched from about 15-times the Earth-Moon separation as our only natural satellite glided past our home world.

Although our Moon may appear small next to the Earth, no other planet in our Solar System has a satellite so comparable in size .

The Sun, far off to the right, illuminated about half of each sphere, and shows the spinning Earth's white clouds, blue oceans, and tan continents.

Media Credits & Attribution

** Image Credit: ** NASA, JPL, Galileo Project;