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:
The week of June 12-18 takes us from lunar Day 18 to the end of Day 23. This week we will highlight the craters Plinius and Dawes, visible early Wednesday morning around 3:00 AM. Plinius: [NE/H12] Standing sentinel between the
The week of June 5-11 takes us from lunar Day 11 to the beginning of Day 17. This week we will highlight Doppelmayer and Mare Imbrium, viewable on Monday night. Doppelmayer: [SW/M5] Doppelmayer crater, on the southwest shore of Mare
The week of June 27th – July 3rd takes us from lunar day 22 (last quarter) to the beginning of Day 29. On Monday the Moon does not rise until after midnight, so the entire week is for late night/early
The week of June 20-26 takes us from lunar Day 15 through Day 21. On Monday the Moon is essentially full, and craters will not start to have good definition near the terminator until Wednesday. This week we will highlight
The week of June 13-19 takes us from lunar Day 9 through Day 14, almost Full Moon. The first part of the week, before we get to Full Moon, will be the most rewarding time to view individual craters. This