Given that lunar craters are important tools for scientists to calculate the age of geological features on other planets with solid surfaces, moon maps like the new one assume greater significance.

September 17's full moon will be a supermoon and a harvest moon. A partial lunar eclipse will also happen the same night.

Using cutting-edge instruments, it will examine features including the permanently ... to produce the most detailed maps of water on the moon's surface to date. (Further details on how the ...