NASA to host International Observe the Moon Night 2024

Everyone everywhere is invited to join fellow sky-watchers Saturday, Sept. 14, for International Observe the Moon Night - a worldwide public event encouraging observation, appreciation, and understanding of the Moon and its connection to NASA exploration and discovery.

This celebration of the Moon has been held annually since 2010, and this year NASA's Planetary Missions Program Office will host an event at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

This free event will be held Sept. 14 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. CDT at the Davidson Center at the USSRC. Attractions will include hands-on STEM activities, telescope viewing from the Von Braun Astronomical Society, a live DJ, face painting, a photo booth, a science trivia show, and much more.

Headline entertainment will be provided by The Science Wizard, David Hagerman. The Science Wizard has appeared on national television and will perform two different science-based stage shows at the event. Learn more about what to expect on the Facebook event page.

It's the perfect time to universally celebrate the Moon as excitement grows about NASA returning to our nearest celestial neighbor with the Artemis missions. Artemis will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore areas of the lunar surface that have never been discovered before.

Learn more and find other events here. Happy International Observe the Moon Night!

By Daniel Horton