No visible Moon on Halloween because of the weather, but here's the Halloween Eve Moon!
On the northern horn of the terminator lies Anaxagoras, named after Greek philosopher Anaxagoras.
It's an impact crater made of anorthosite, an igneous rock.
Most Earth anorthosites formed during Precambrian times and it contains titanium-bearing ilmenite which is used by steelworkers in blast furnaces.
The crater is 32.25 miles across. Imagine if the meteorite that it had hit Dudley instead it would have formed a crater from Brignorth to the NEC!
Time 23:30.
Distance 230,436 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
80 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 15.1 degrees.
It's an impact crater made of anorthosite, an igneous rock.
Most Earth anorthosites formed during Precambrian times and it contains titanium-bearing ilmenite which is used by steelworkers in blast furnaces.
The crater is 32.25 miles across. Imagine if the meteorite that it had hit Dudley instead it would have formed a crater from Brignorth to the NEC!
Time 23:30.
Distance 230,436 miles.
Waning gibbous phase.
80 degrees E compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 15.1 degrees.
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