MOON - VESTA , Aug 18, 07

Moon, Aug 18,
0h UTC

coords: 13 16 s 12 01
long trmntr: e 32.98d
sin cent long: 0.544
ecc ell: 0.844
dist: 250 933 mi / 403 838 km
diam: 29.6'
illum: 23.2%

Features:
N- Secchi, Taruntius, daVinci (dgrd), Cauchy + rille +
rupes, Maraldi + dome, Romer, Newcomb + rille, Kirchoff,
Atlas + floor fractures...
Libration: e 0.551d n 5.62d
at 0h trmntr between Hercules and Lacus Mortis

S- Capella, Isodorus, Gutenberg + rilles, Goclenius +
rilles, Magelhans, Colombo, Santbech, Metius/Fabricius
Janssen
at 0h trmntr xing Mare Nectaris

Moon trav 10.906d @ 0.454 d/h

VESTA: 16 22 32 s 20 01
7.0 mag, trav 38"/h
Vesta is less that 0.5d W of Psi Scorpii.

Clear Skies,
Ben, 90.126 n 35.539

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