The week of October 3-9 takes us from Lunar Day 7 to Full Moon. This week we will highlight the moon crater Bullialdus and the ghost crater Lambert-R, immediately above the crater Lambert, both viewable on Tuesday evening. Bullialdus: [SW/M7]
The week of September 26 – October 2 takes us from Lunar Day 1 to Day 8. This week we will highlight the crater Janssen, viewable Thursday evening very close to the terminator, and Friday evening. Janssen: [SE/P13; L=40°E] Janssen
The week of September 19-25 takes us from Lunar Day 24 to New Moon. This week we will highlight the moon crater Schickard, viewable early Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, and Jupiter and Saturn, viewable throughout the week. Schickard: [SW/P4] When
The week of September 12-18 takes us from Lunar Day 18 to Day 23. This week we will highlight the lunar sea called Mare Nectaris, viewable late Tuesday night. Mare Nectaris: [SE/L13; L=36°E] The Nectaris basin was excavated 3.9 billion
The week of September 5-11 takes us from Lunar Day 10 to Day 17. This week we will highlight Sinus Iridum, viewable on Tuesday evening. Sinus Iridum: [NW/E6] Sinus Iridum (the Bay of Rainbows), located in the northwest sector of
The week of September 7 – October 3 takes us from Day 20 to Day 27. This week we will highlight Rupes Recta, the Straight Wall, viewable on Tuesday, Day 22, after midnight. Straight Wall: (Rupes Recta): [SW/M9] Two of
The week of September 20-26 takes us from Full Moon to Day 21. This week we will highlight the moon craters Hercules and Atlas, viewable on Thursday evening. Hercules and Atlas1: [NE/E13-14] Just east of Lacus Mortis (the “Lake of
The week of Sept. 13-19 takes us from Day 8 to Day 14. This week we will highlight the crater Tycho, visible on Wednesday night. Tycho1: [SW/P8; L=11°W] Tycho is one of the Moon’s showpieces, both on Day 8 and
The week of September 6-12 takes us from New Moon to Day 7. This week we will highlight the crater Janssen, viewable on Friday and Saturday evenings. Janssen: [SE/P13; L=40°E] Janssen is located 85 miles southwest of the Rheita Valley
The week of September 28 – October 4 takes us from Lunar Day 12 to Day 17. This week we will highlight the lunar swirl Reiner Gamma, visible throughout the week starting on Tuesday evening, and the craters Struve/Russel, visible