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.



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