The week of April 30 – May 6 takes us from Day 15 (essentially full moon) to Day 21. This week we will highlight a series of craters known as the Great Eastern Chain, viewable Tuesday night. The Great Eastern
The week of April 23-29 takes us from Day 8 through Day 14. This week we will highlight the Rupes Recta (the Straight Wall), viewable on Monday night. Straight Wall (Rupes Recta): [SW/M9; L=8°W] Two of the best-known faults on
The week of April 16-22 takes us from Day 1 through Day 7. This week we will highlight an unusual feature called the Lunar X, visible on April 22nd. Lunar X: [SE/M10] On Sunday evening (Around 6 days 22 hours
The week of April 9-15 takes us from Day 23 to New Moon. This week we will highlight the Milichius and Hortensius dome fields, visible at 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Hortensius domes: [NW/J7] If you catch the terminator when
The week of April 2-8 takes us from Day 17 through Day 22, the beginning of the last quarter. This week we will highlight the craters Endymion and Geminus, viewable around midnight on Monday. Endymion: [NE/D15] This is an older
The week of April 24-30 takes us from lunar Day 28 through the end of Day 5. This week we will highlight the crater Geminus, visible on Saturday. Geminus: [NE/F15] Roughly 200 miles north of Mare Crisium* you will find
The week of April 17 – 23 takes us from Lunar Day 20 to 27, so the Moon would have to be viewed in the wee hours before sunrise. This week we will highlight what is informally called the Valentine
The week of April 10 – 16 takes us from lunar Day 14, full moon, to Day 20. This week we will highlight the crater Humboldt on Tuesday evening (you might try Monday to see if there’s enough contrast), and
The week of April 3 – 9 takes us from the end of lunar Day 7 into Day 13, just before full moon. This week we will concentrate on Rima Ariadaeus, viewable on Monday evening. This information has been repeated
The week of April 25-May 1st takes us from lunar Day 18 through Day 24. Full moon has passed and the terminator has advanced enough that we can begin to see clearly delineated features close to it. This week we