MOON - 20h May1 / 4 Vesta

Moon, May 1
20h UTC

coords: 14 04 s 16 44
cent long trmntr: w 83.51
sin long: 0.993
ecc ell: 0.129
dist: 251 986 mi / 405 533 km
diam: 29.47'
illum: 99.6%

Features: Full Moon Apr 2 @ 10:10:37 UTC
Dark and bright lavas and crater
rays...

Moon trav 10.9 d @ 0.454d/h

4 VESTA is about 3.5 deg wnw of Eta Ophiuchi
magnitude 6.0. Its retrograde motion will carry it
out of Ophiuchus back into Scorpius about
June 10. Easy in a small bino.

Regards,

Ben
90.126 n 35.539