Moon Age 6.9 (The first quarter of Moon)

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Date & Time:	Mar 24 2018, 19:20 JST(+0900), mosaic of 7 flames
Optical:	TAKAHASHI 12.5cm (4.9") Fluorite refractor (f=1000mmm, F8.0)
	Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial
Camera:	CELESTRON Skyris445C with IDAS IR-cut filter
Location:	Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings:	30 flames/sec.×6sec., Exp....1/60sec
	150 flames stacked each & Wavelet process with Registax6

This page shows you a 6.9-aged first quarter of moon that culminates at sunset.
You can appreciate a larger crater's chain of "Central series of crates" positioned a bit southern part. In northern region, we can detect some darker lunar seas distributed. They have names of Serenitatis, Tranquillitatis, Fecunditatis, MAREs, and so on.

¶ Geocentric distance: 370,700 km, Distance from observed location: 365,100 km

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