Lunar Session - August 28, 2017

This session was devoted to lunar observing. Lunar Phase: Waxing Crescent (46.4%) Q-Day: -1 Moonrise: 1:55 PM                 Sunrise: 6:51 AM          Sunset: 8:16 PM Location: Acadia National Park, Maine Date: 2017-08-28 Time: Various times between 7:03 PM - 11:38 PM Equipment: Visual + Binoculars 15x70 Transparency: not recorded Seeing: not recorded

At 10:28 PM, the Moon was about 15º above the horizon and started to turn a yellowish colour. Watched its reflection in the ocean for the past hour - breathtakingly beautiful! Also used the binoculars to identify some of the lunar features.

At 10:44 PM, it was almost orange in colour and about 5º above the horizon. We lost our shadows on the mountain side. We watched as the Moon set (visually).

Mare: Crisium, Fecunditatis, Nectaris, Serenitatis, Tranquilitatis

Craters: Aristoteles, Eudoxus, Plinius; Cyrillus and Theophilus near Nectaris. Gang of 4 all white.

Mountains: Caucasus and several crater-like structures along the north shore of Serenitatis. Haemus in the SW; only that portion separated the two mares.