[Atmob-discuss] Extremely thin Crescent Moon visible tonight

[Mike Fitterman]

Harvard, MA near fruitlands

Mike.


On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:10 PM, <pbealo at comcast.net> wrote:

> So -any good ideas about where to observe from?? Particular north of
> Boston near the NH border.
>
> Peter Bealo
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "John Sheff" <jsheff at comcast.net>
> > According to the February 2008 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine (pp.
> > 72-73), tonight will present an opportunity for observers in NE North
> > America to see an exceptionally young Moon at sunset.
> >
> >
> >
> > The New Moon occurred earlier today at 8:18 AM. According to my Starry
> Night
> > software, sunset occurs in Boston at 7:49 PM; at that instant the
> 11.5h-old
> > (!) Moon will be 6° 33' above the W (azimuth 294°) horizon. Moonset is
> at
> > 8:37 PM. The Clear Sky Clock forecast for Boston looks promising, so if
> you
> > have a good view low to the West after sunset, it might be worth trying
> for
> > your personal record of seeing the thinnest possible crescent Moon. (The
> > all-time world record is 11h 40 m past New Moon.)
> >
> >
> >
> > And – oh yeah – a bit higher up, Mercury is a 60%-illuminated disk 7
> > arc-seconds in diameter, 17° above the horizon at sunset.
> >
> >
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> >
> >
> > .
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "John Sheff" <jsheff at comcast.net>
> To: "Atmob-Discuss Mailing list (public)" <atmob-discuss at atmob.org>
> Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 19:58:49 +0000
> Subject: [Atmob-discuss] Extremely thin Crescent Moon visible tonight
>
> According to the February 2008 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine (pp.
> 72-73), tonight will present an opportunity for observers in NE North
> America to see an exceptionally young Moon at sunset.
>
>
>
> The New Moon occurred earlier today at 8:18 AM. According to my Starry
> Night software, sunset occurs in Boston at 7:49 PM; at that instant the
> 11.5h-old (!) Moon will be 6° 33' above the W (azimuth 294°) horizon.
> Moonset is at 8:37 PM. The Clear Sky Clock forecast for Boston looks
> promising, so if you have a good view low to the West after sunset, it might
> be worth trying for your personal record of seeing the thinnest possible
> crescent Moon. (The all-time world record is 11h 40 m past New Moon.)
>
>
>
> And – oh yeah – a bit higher up, Mercury is a 60%-illuminated disk 7
> arc-seconds in diameter, 17° above the horizon at sunset.
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
>
> .
>
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