Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
Earth and sky on your trip
Earth and Tourism
The Moon, tides, eclipses, the seasons and auroras: how each phenomenon works and the destinations around the world where to see them.

Moon map
The Moon globe with the landings, seas, craters and far side.
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Moon phases and tides
Today's phase, the next full and new moons and how the Moon moves the tides.
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Eclipses
Why they happen, why not every month and the next ones visible in Brazil.
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Solar System
The planets to scale, the asteroid belt, Jupiter and the edge of the system.
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Milky Way and the Universe
From the Solar System to the galaxies: where Earth sits in the Universe.
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Seasons and the midnight sun
Earth's tilt, each place's daylight hours and the nightless days at the poles.
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Northern and southern lights
How auroras form and where and when to see them.
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Earth's extremes
The hottest, coldest, driest and wettest places on the planet.
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