Sunday 15 October 2017

Moon 2nd October 2017


Very cloudy at 7:15 (first two photos) but 2 1/2 hours later and the sky was clear!
You can see some of the features mentioned by Pete Lawrence in The Sky at Night programme (
@16:00 minutes):
1, Mare Tranquillitatis (where Apollo 11 landed)
2, Tycho (which is only 80km across but has some beautiful rays)
3, Montes Apenninus or Apennines
4, Archimedes
5, Autolycus
6, Aristillus
7, Reiner Gamma (which looks like an eye) (not visible in this photo!)
(first and second photos, 19:15 / third photo, 21:45)
Distance 240,323 / 240,323 miles.
Waxing gibbous phase / waxing gibbous phase.
130 degrees SE compass point / 165 degrees S compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 11.9 / 24.3 degrees.

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