This session was devoted to lunar observing. Refer to the star chart in Lunar Session - May 28, 2018 for the location of the Moon on this date.
Lunar Phase: Waxing Crescent (16.5%)
Q-Day: -2
Moonrise: 8:40 AM
Sunrise: 5:43 AM Sunset: 8:40 PM
Location: Home
Date: 2018-05-18
Time: 7:30 PM - 11:50 PM
Equipment: Visual + Binoculars 10x42 IS
Transparency: not recorded
Seeing: not recorded
Temperature: 3º C
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Clear skies but a little hazy at the horizon. Little if any wind. Observing with Jerry and Peter (New telescope). 1- @ 7:44 PM: Couldn't see the stars but the Moon was directly below Mekbuda (according to SkySafariPro). 2- @ 8:43 PM: Moon was about 23º away from Venus (at 5 o'clock to the Moon). Mekbuda was 2 o'clock to the Moon. 3- @ 9:36 PM: Mekbuda is adjacent to the Moon at 3 o'clock. 4- @ 11:23 PM: Moon was directly below Wasat with Mekbuda at 4:30 o'clock. |
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