The week of June 24-30 takes us from Day 21 to Day 27. This week we will highlight the crater Longomontanus, viewable on Tuesday and Wednesday in the very early morning. Longomontanus: [SW/P7] Take a look at Longomontanus, just southwest
The week of June 17-23 takes us from Day 15, full moon, to the end of Day 20. This week we will highlight an object informally referred to as “O’Neill’s Bridge,” viewable early Wednesday morning around 1:00 a.m. O’Neill’s Bridge:
The week of June 10-16 takes us from Day 8 to Day 14, one day before full moon. This week we will highlight the Apennine Mountains, viewable on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Montes Apenninus: [NW/H9-G10] The Apennine Mountain Range is
The week of June 3-9 takes us from New Moon to Lunar Day 7. This week we will highlight Rima Ariadaeus (the Ariadaeus Rille) viewable on Sunday evening, Lunar Day 7. Rima Ariadaeus: [NE/J11] The best place to see rilles
The week of June 25 – July 1 takes us from the end of Day 12, close to full moon, to Day 18. This week we will highlight Mons Rümker, viewable Monday, and the lunar swirl Reiner Gamma viewable all
The week of June 18 – 24 takes us from the end of Day 6 to the end of Day 11. This week we will highlight the crater Regiomontanus, viewable on Thursday evening. Regiomontanus: [SW/M9] This is a crater that
The week of June 11 – 17 takes us from Day 27 to the end of Day 5. This week we will highlight the Rheita Valley, viewable on Saturday night, and the Cauchy domes, visible around midnight on Sunday. Vallis
The week of June 4 – 10 takes us from Day 20 to Day 26. This week we will highlight Mare Vaporum and the craters Aristillus & Autolycus, visible early Tuesday morning. Mare Vaporum: [NE/H10] Notice how there are finger-like
The week of June 26-July 2 takes us from Lunar Day 3 to Day 9. This week we will highlight the crater Bürg, viewable on Thursday evening. (This information was posted on the blog for 5/15/17, but because the Moon
The week of June 19-25 takes us from lunar Day 24 to the beginning of Day 2. The Moon doesn’t rise until about 2:30 AM on Monday. This week we will highlight Mons Delisle and the crater Kepler. Mons Delisle: