MOON - VESTA, Aug 5, 07

Moon, Aug 5,
08h UTC

coords: 02 05 n 17 26
long trmntr: e 8.68d
sin cent long: 0.151
ecc ell: 0.992
dist: 229 570 mi / 369 457 km
diam: 32.3'
illum: 56.4%
Quadrature @ 12:51:31 UTC

Features:
N- Dembowski, Triesnecker + rilles, Murchison/Pallas
Ukert + graben, Hadley and Fresnel rilles, Autolycus,
Aristillus, Cassini...
at 08h trmntr xing Caucasus Mts.

S- Albategnius, Vogel, Argelander (dgrd), Ptolemaeus
Chain, S Highlands...
Libration: e 1.29d, s 5.21 d
at 08h trmntr xing Playfair

Moon trav 13.263d @ 0.533 d/h

VESTA: 16 11 34 s 18 43
6.8 mag, trav 28"/h
Vesta is less than 1 deg N of Nu Scorpii.

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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