Thanks to Japanese scientists, the world learned what the rising of the Earth looks like on the Moon. This phenomenon, which took place between 2007 and 2009, was filmed by two high-resolution cameras that were installed on the Kaguya spacecraft.
From the moon it can be seen that the Earth is slowly rising, undergoing some modifications. So, on a lunar morning, our planet appears as a blue crescent with long orange protrusions that make up an arch. Towards noon, the Earth transforms into a dark disc surrounded by a red-orange halo. This phase is called 'new earth'. After that, the Earth continues its ascent and, ultimately, turns into a young crescent-shaped boat with protrusions almost closing over it. The Earth reaches its 'zenith' at a height of no more than 16 °, when the sickle transforms into half a disk.
In the evening, the same slow approach of the Earth begins. The illuminated part of the planet increases to a full disk (phase 'full earth'). The apparent movement of the Earth in the sky of the Moon is constantly changing from month to month. Ellipses do not close, but pass one into another. The result is a complex spiral. This kind of sunrise or sunset of our planet in one place on the horizon (without going around the entire sky) can last up to several Earth days.
Sources: jaxa
