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Third Quarter / Last Quarter Moon (Labeled) - May 13, 2012
The labeled version of the Last Quarter Moon for May 2012. The official Third Quarter occured at 5:47pm ET on Saturday May 12, 2012. This photo was taken in the early morning hours of Sunday May 13, 2012 shortly after moonrise on the east coast. Conditions were high thin clouds from the leading edge of a storm system. Once again, a good phase for feature identification along the terminator with Plato and Aristullus in the north, Bode, Pallas, Murchison, Reaumur, Gylden, Herschel, Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel around the mid-latitudes. The most detail is by far on the southern third with Thebit, Purbach, Regiomontanus, Walter, Orontius, Miller, Nasireddin, Huggins, Saussure, Pictet, Tycho, Maginus, Clavius, Gruemberger, Moretus, and Newton all clearly visible in nice detail. For more detailed mappings of the moon please visit my "Moon Maps" set.
Third Quarter / Last Quarter Moon (Labeled) - May 13, 2012
The labeled version of the Last Quarter Moon for May 2012. The official Third Quarter occured at 5:47pm ET on Saturday May 12, 2012. This photo was taken in the early morning hours of Sunday May 13, 2012 shortly after moonrise on the east coast. Conditions were high thin clouds from the leading edge of a storm system. Once again, a good phase for feature identification along the terminator with Plato and Aristullus in the north, Bode, Pallas, Murchison, Reaumur, Gylden, Herschel, Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel around the mid-latitudes. The most detail is by far on the southern third with Thebit, Purbach, Regiomontanus, Walter, Orontius, Miller, Nasireddin, Huggins, Saussure, Pictet, Tycho, Maginus, Clavius, Gruemberger, Moretus, and Newton all clearly visible in nice detail. For more detailed mappings of the moon please visit my "Moon Maps" set.