The claim

“NASA confirmed water on the moon”

NASA has confirmed the presence of water on the Moon—both as surface/near-surface water ice in permanently shadowed polar regions and as molecular water (H2O) detected on the sunlit lunar surface—though the amount and form vary by location.

NASA has long reported strong evidence and subsequent confirmations of water ice at the Moon’s poles, especially in permanently shadowed craters, based on multiple missions and instruments. In October 2020, NASA announced SOFIA observations that detected molecular water (H2O) in the sunlit Clavius crater region, strengthening the case that water can exist outside permanently shadowed areas. However, “water on the Moon” can be misread as meaning abundant liquid water; the confirmed detections are mainly ice and trace molecular water, not lakes or easily accessible liquid reservoirs. The claim is broadly accurate but imprecise without specifying the form (ice vs. molecular water) and where it’s found (polar shadows vs. sunlit regions).