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Old April 24th 07, 06:24 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy
Ben
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Default MOON - Apr 24, 07

Moon, Apr 24
20h UTC

coords: 08 56 n 20 19
cent long trmntr: e 1.145d
sin long: 0.01998
ecc ell: 0.996
dist: 243 637 mi / 392 096 km
diam: 30.5'
illum: 55.9%

Features:
N- Blagg (Mary A.), Triesnecker, Hyginus +
rille, Conon, Hadley + rille, Fresnel Rille,
Theaetetus, Cassini, Callipus, Egede,
Protagoras, Archytas....
at 20h trmntr xing w Ukert, Autolycus and
Aristillus.

S- Rhaeticus, Horrocks, Hipparchus, Hayley,
Albategnius, Parrot, Abulfeda Chain,
extreme lib still fafors Humboldt ect
Libration: e 7.97d, s 3.46d

quadrature at 06:36:39 UT
Moon travels 11.71d @ 0.49 d/h

Regards,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

PS: Mary Adela Blagg was largely responsible
for straightening out a huge mess in Lunar
cartography. Ewan Whittaker declares that she
did the "donkey work". She's one of my heroines.