The Moon Tonight - 2/8/06 8:00pm (3:00 UTC 2/9)
Rukl's terminator position tables at 218-219 of Rukl's Atlas shows the terminator should be at about 39.5 deg W lunar longitude at 3:00 UTC 2/9/2006 (8:00PM 2/8, tonight). Some potential lunar objects along that longitude line are: 1) Crater Philolaus (71 km) 72°1 N, 32.4°W; 60°N region; Rukl Map 3 2) Crater J. Herschel (156km) 62.7°N, 41.2°W, 60°N region; Rukl Map 2 3) Mons Graithuisen Gamma (20k dome) 36°N, 39.5°W; 40°N region; Rukl Map 9 4) Rima Brayley (240km rima) 23°N, 36°W-40°W; 20°N region; Rukl Map 19; Large apeture object, east-west running rille west (celestial east) of Crater Braley 5) Dorsa Ewing (320km) 11°S 42°W-34°W; equator south region; Rukl Map 41 6) Crater Gassendi (110km) 17.5°S 39.9°W; Rukl Map 52; fractured floor, complex rille system, north end of Mare Humorum 7) Crater Schiller (179km x 71km) 51.8°S 40°W; Rukl Map 71; gamma variations in crater floor from ejecta deposits - Canopus56 (Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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