Why the moon needs its own timezone: Scientists call for the creation of a 'Coordinated Lunar Time' as they reveal time moves 58.7 microseconds quicker on our lunar satellite than on Earth

From Greenwich Mean to Eastern Standard, there's more than 30 timezones in use today. The US government has told NASA that an official timezone needs to be created for the moon, because seconds tick slightly faster there than they do on Earth. The US government has told NASA that an official timezone needs to be created for the moon, because seconds tick slightly faster there than they do on Earth Our natural satellite - the moon - may be getting its own time zone. As a result, time moves slightly faster on the moon than on Earth – around 58.7 microseconds faster per day, 'with 'additional periodic variations', according to the US government in a memo. This artist's illustration shows what NASA's Artemis base camp could look like NASA's Artemis programme kicked off in 2022 with the first mission, which sent an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon and back.