MOON - VESTA, May 26, 07



Moon, May 26,
20h UTC

coords: 12 25 s 05 03
cent long trmntr: w 29.592d
sin long: -0.4938
ecc ell: 0.8411
dist: 251 559 mi / 404 845 km
diam: 29.5'
illum: 77%

Features:
N- Reinhold, Hortensius + domes, Copernicus,
Gay Lussac, Pytheas, Lambert + A, La Hire,
Zirkel Ridge, Helicon, Leverrier,
Libration: e 3.2d, n 3.08d
at 20h trmntr xing Sinus Iridum

S- Lansberg + ruins, Riphaeus Mts, Darney,
Lubiniezky, Bullialdus + graben, Mercator,
Campanus, Capuanus (long shadow to Elger)
at 20h trmntr xing Palus Epidemiarum

Moon trav 10.86d @ 0.452 d/h

VESTA, 0h UT May 27,
16 38 29 s 13 59, 5.5mag, 37"/h
Vesta is almost directly between Zeta (13)
and Phi (8) Ophiuchi

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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