Tag: moon

  • Sinus Iridum and Copernicus

    Sinus Iridum and Copernicus

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    Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows) is a lava plain north of the Mare Imbrium, bounded by the Montes Jura and lying between Promontorium Heraclides and Promontorium Laplace. The Copernicus crater, 96 kilometers in diameter, features a terraced inner wall and three central peaks; further north lies the Montes Carpatus range, with a maximum height of…

  • The Moon and Artemis II

    The Moon and Artemis II

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    The Moon during Artemis II’s flyby.

  • Moon

    Moon

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    I post some photos of the Moon taken on the night of September 4, 2025. The first photo shows the southwest quadrant of the Moon; at the top left there is Palus Epidimiarum, a flat area crossed by numerous rime slopes, to the right, on the terminator line, there is Schickard crater (227 km in…

  • The moon

    The moon

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  • Moon

    Moon

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    The moon photographed in the phase close to the last quarter on August 24, 2024 at 1:11 UTC and 1:18 UTC. In the fist photo the crater Theophilus is especially evident with a diameter of 101 kilometers with a mountain formation in the center with four peaks that rise for about 1400 meters.A little further…

  • The Moon

    The Moon

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    Mare Nectaris is a circular sea with a diameter of 350 kilometers located south of Mare Tranquillitatis and separated from Mare Fecunditatis by the Montes Pyrenaeus mountain range.Along its edges there are the craters Teophilus and Fracastorius.

  • The Moon

    The Moon

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    Here there are some photos of the Moon approximately two days after the full moon phase:

  • Last quarter moon

    Last quarter moon

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    Here are some shots of the moon in a phase very close to the last quarter.

  • Aristoteles and Eudoxus

    Aristoteles and Eudoxus

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    Aristoteles and Eudoxus are two craters about 88 and 68 kilometers wide.The flat area in the lower right is Lacus Mortis (Lake of Death) with the rimae Burg.

  • Theophilus

    Theophilus

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    Theophilus is a crater 101 kilometres wide, 4400 meters deep and located between Sinus Asperitatis and Mare Nectaris.It is characterized by a central mountain group that rises for about 2000 meters from the bottom of the crater. You can see the same crater from an other point of view using the data from Lunar Orbiter…