The week of August 26 – September 1 takes us from Day 25 to Day 3. This week we will highlight Mons Rümker and Reiner Gamma, both visible Tuesday morning around 4:00 a.m. Mons Rümker: [NW/E4] Unfortunately this feature is
The week of August 19-25 takes us from Day 18 to Day 24. This week we will highlight the crater Julius Caesar viewable early Wednesday morning around 1:00 a.m. Julius Caesar1 : [NE/J11; L=15°E] Drop down to the Sea of
The week of August 12-18 takes us from Day 12 to the end of Day 17. This week we will highlight Mons Rümker and Reiner Gamma. Mons Rümker: [NW/E4] Unfortunately this feature is too close to the Moon’s limb to
The week of August 5-11 takes us from Day 5 to Day 11. This week we will highlight the Arago domes viewable on Tuesday night. Arago domes: [NE/J12] Near the crater Arago there is a pair of very large domes,
The week of August 27 – September 2 takes us from Day 16 to Day 22. This week we will highlight the crater Cleomedes, viewable on Monday night, and a feature unofficially called The Flying Eagle, viewable on Tuesday (you
The week of August 20-26 takes us from Day 10 to Day 15, full Moon. This week we will highlight a series of rilles: Rima Hesiodus (visible Monday night), and the Hippalus and Ramsden rilles. visible on Tuesday. Rima Hesiodus:
The week of August 13-19 takes us from Day 3 to the end of Day 8. This week we will highlight the Altai Scarp, viewable Friday evening (possibly Thursday) and the crater Hipparchus, viewable on Saturday evening. Altai Scarp (Rupes
The week of August 6-12 takes us from Day 23 to the end of Day 1. The only decent views of the Moon will be Tuesday and Wednesday morning before sunrise. This week we will highlight the de Gasparis rilles
The week of July 30-August 5 takes us from Day 17 to Day 23. This week we will highlight the craters Hercules and Atlas, viewable around 2:00 AM EDT on Tuesday. Hercules and Atlas: [NE/E13-14] Just east of the charmingly
The week of August 28 – September 3 takes us from Day 7 to Day 12. This week we will highlight the crater Cassini, visible on Tuesday evening. (Although Cassini was covered in the 12/19/16 blog, we are repeating the