Saturday 30 September 2017
Thursday 28 September 2017
Moon 26th September 2017, 19:53
Fuzzy moon!
Lots of water vapour in the sky.
Distance 250,359 miles.
First quarter phase.
185 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 17 degrees.
Lots of water vapour in the sky.
Distance 250,359 miles.
First quarter phase.
185 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 17 degrees.
Sunday 17 September 2017
Moon 13th September 2017
Morning Moon.
9 o'clock in the morning.
Although it's light, you can still see a lot of good detail.
Time 09:00.
Distance 229,847 miles.
Last quarter phase.
225 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 48.5 degrees.
9 o'clock in the morning.
Although it's light, you can still see a lot of good detail.
Time 09:00.
Distance 229,847 miles.
Last quarter phase.
225 degrees SW compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 48.5 degrees.
Saturday 9 September 2017
Moon 6th September 2017
Cloud!
Time 23:10.
Distance 247,160 miles.
Full moon phase.
140 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 23.4 degrees.
Time 23:10.
Distance 247,160 miles.
Full moon phase.
140 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 23.4 degrees.
Moon 5th September 2017
Full Moon!
Howl!
I mentioned on 2nd September how bright Aristarchus was - it looks bright even on the full moon!
Time 22:50.
Distance 242,175 miles.
Full moon phase.
147 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 22 degrees.
Howl!
I mentioned on 2nd September how bright Aristarchus was - it looks bright even on the full moon!
Time 22:50.
Distance 242,175 miles.
Full moon phase.
147 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 22 degrees.
Sunday 3 September 2017
Moon 2nd September 2017
Can you see the bright dot on the terminator? ... The Aristarchus Crater!
It's bright because it's young, only 450 million years old. Young for the Moon anyway! So it hasn't been weathered by the solar wind yet.
It's nearly 3 times deeper than the 'Grand' Canyon!
It was named after a Greek astronomer.
Time 20:30.
Distance 247,160 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
150 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 14.3 degrees.
It's bright because it's young, only 450 million years old. Young for the Moon anyway! So it hasn't been weathered by the solar wind yet.
It's nearly 3 times deeper than the 'Grand' Canyon!
It was named after a Greek astronomer.
Time 20:30.
Distance 247,160 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
150 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 14.3 degrees.
Saturday 2 September 2017
Moon 1st September 2017
The cloud's back!
I got a photo in a gap in the cloud and it made a shadow over the Mare Imbrium. Otherwise we would have been able to see where Lunokhod 1 landed!
Time 21:30.
Distance 249,138 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
178 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 17.4 degrees.
I got a photo in a gap in the cloud and it made a shadow over the Mare Imbrium. Otherwise we would have been able to see where Lunokhod 1 landed!
Time 21:30.
Distance 249,138 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
178 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 17.4 degrees.
Moon 31st August 2017
BIRMINGHAM on the MOON!!
These two photos are interesting because they show how much the Moon has rotated over 2 1/2 hours.
But even more interesting is that you can see Birmingham! Not the city, but the crater.
It's a disintegrated crater and all that's left are low walls and a rough surface with craterlets! Even so, it's still bigger than the city - 92 km diameter and 1.8 km deep.
It was discovered by the Irish astronomer John Birmingham in 1866 and you can see his telescope in the Milltown museum, Co. Galway!
Time 20:30 (first photo).
Time 23:00 (second photo).
Distance 250,529 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
175 degrees S compass point (azimuth) (first photo).
210 degrees SW compass point (azimuth) (second photo).
Altitude 17.1 degrees (first photo).
Altitude 12.4 degrees (second photo).
These two photos are interesting because they show how much the Moon has rotated over 2 1/2 hours.
But even more interesting is that you can see Birmingham! Not the city, but the crater.
It's a disintegrated crater and all that's left are low walls and a rough surface with craterlets! Even so, it's still bigger than the city - 92 km diameter and 1.8 km deep.
It was discovered by the Irish astronomer John Birmingham in 1866 and you can see his telescope in the Milltown museum, Co. Galway!
Time 20:30 (first photo).
Time 23:00 (second photo).
Distance 250,529 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase.
175 degrees S compass point (azimuth) (first photo).
210 degrees SW compass point (azimuth) (second photo).
Altitude 17.1 degrees (first photo).
Altitude 12.4 degrees (second photo).
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