MOON - VESTA, July 7, 07



Moon, July 7,
08h UTC

coords: 00 32 n 06 25
cent long trmntr: e 3.074d
sin long: 0.0536
ecc ell: 0.996
dist: 230 300 mi / 370 361 km
diam: 32.2'
illum: 54.3%
Quadrature: 16:54:54 UTC

Features:
N- Murchison (dgrd)/ Pallas (dgrd), Ukert, Conon, Autolycus,
Aristillus, Archimedes...
at 08h trmntr xing Vallis Alpes

S- Ptolomaeus, Alphonsus, Arzachel, Purbach, Regiomontanus,
S Highlands.....
Libration: w 1.85d, s 2.78d
at 08h trmntr xing Albategnius/Klein

Moon trav 13.156d @ 0.548 d/h

VESTA: 16 05 00 s 16 01
6.2 mag, trav 15"/h
Vesta is nearing its western station in longitude, i.e. it's not
going to move much farther westward before it appears to begin
drifting eastward again.
About 2.5deg ENE of Theta Lib.

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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