7 Stunning Images Of The Moon Shared By NASA

This image was clicked in 1996 and obtained by the Galileo Solid States imaging system as it neared the Earth.

This image was clicked in 2011 by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter named MESSENGER. 

The recently clicked image shows the Moon in its waning crescent phase, where most of the sunlight is illuminating its far side. It is the last phase before the lunar cycle repeats with a "new moon."

Pictured from the International Space Station a few weeks ago, the image shows the waning gibbous Moon as it orbited 262 miles above the Swiss Alps. 

The round, grey surface of the Moon has craters of all sizes across its surface. This image of the Moon's far side is made up of 15,000 images captured by NASA's LOR between 2009 and 2011. 

The image shows a bright supermoon at the centre. Most craters are on the left side of the Moon, appearing to be a darker shade of grey. This image was clicked in 2014 in Washington. 

Clicked in 2016 by Astronaut Jeff Williams from the International Space Station, the Moon hangs near the top-right corner of the image. The lunar seas and other features are visible on the Moon.