| Lunation | 1056 |
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| Phase | First Crescent |
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| Age | 11h 11m |
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Distance
Light Time
(from earth) | 356,499 km
1.19s |
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| Elongation | 8.3° E |
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| % Illuminated | 0.4% |
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| Morning Terminator Colongitude (λ E) | 227.4° |
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| Evening Terminator Colongitude (λ W) | 47.4° |
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| Libration in Latitude | -6° 09' |
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| Libration in Longitude | -1° 33' |
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| Magnitude | -4.9 |
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| Angular Size | 33.52' |
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| Altitude | 10° 48' |
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Virtual Moon Atlas graphic |
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I hadn’t really expected to see this moon, but went out this morning prepared to attempt it anyway. When I left the library it looked too cloudy (I was able to look directly at the sun without discomfort) to have a chance but after I got home I went back out anyway. Peter had sent an email saying that it would be a world record as well as a team and personal one if we got it.
Conditions had further deteriorated by the time I got to my observing location and continued to get worse as I stood there waiting for the sun to set. After the sun was gone I thought I saw clear patches of sky through the binocular but when I looked naked eye it was evident that I was looking at stripes of darker or lighter cloud.
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