MOON - VESTA, July 9, 07

Moon, July 9,
08h UTC

coords: 02 18 n 18 30
cent long trmntr: w 21.122d
sin long: -0.360
ecc ell: 0.930
dist: 229 065 mi / 368 644 km
diam: 32.4'
illum: 31.7%

Features:
N- Reinhold, Tobias Mayer, Euler, La Hire + rilles, Zirkel and Heim
Ridges, Herschel, Heis, Sinus Iridum + craters and Ridges
at 08h trmntr xing W Copernicus, Gay Lussac and Le Verrier

S- Lansberg, Riphaeus Mts, Lubiniezky, Konig, Mercator, Campanus,
Hippalus + Rilles, S Highlands
Libration: e 0.46d, s 5.08d

Moon trav 13.363d @ 0.557 d/h

VESTA: 16 04 35 s 16 12
6.2 mag, trav 12"/h
Vesta is ca. 2.5 deg ENE of Theta Librae

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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