ASTRO: Moon - Vesta, 08/24/07

Moon, Aug 24,
0h UTC

coords: 18 21 s 28 03
long trmntr: w 39.51
sin cent long: -0.636
ecc ell: 0.827
dist: 242 737 mi / 390 647 km
diam: 30.6'
illum: 78.1%

Features:
N- Encke, Kepler, Bessarion + elevs, Brayley,
Diophantua, Delisle, Gruithuisen + domes,
Sharp, Foucault, Harpalus, N Limb (++)
Libration: w 5.15d, n 6.9d
at 0h trmntr xing W Procellarum

S- elevs E of Wichmann, Heregonius + rille,
Agatharchides, Hippalus + rilles
at 0h trmntr xing E Gassendi, E Vitello

Moon trav 11.957d @ 0.498 d/h

VESTA: 16 28 50 s 20 37
7.1 mag, trav 43"/h
Vesta is ca. 1.0 deg SE of Psi Scorpii

Clear Skies
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539