The video shows the moon at hourly intervals, compressing a month into 24 seconds. All in all, about 59% of the moon is visible from Earth over the course of a year, rather than just the half that would be visible if libration did not occur.

NASA also released a version of the video set to music and without titles, ideal for psychedelic lunar-worship parties and the like:

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