Moon Age 21.7 (The last quarter of Moon)

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Date & Time:	Oct 26 2013, 26:36 JST(+0900), mosaic of 8 flames
Optical:	Kasai 20cm (7.9") Newtonian (NERO-200DX) (f=1200mmm, F6.0)
	Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI EM-200 Equatorial
Camera:	CELESTRON Skyris445C with IDAS IR-cut filter
Location:	Hitachi city, Ibaraki pref.

Camera Settings:	30 flames/sec.×6sec., Exp....1/120sec
	150 flames stacked each & Wavelet process with Registax6

This page shows you about 22-aged last quarter of moon that rises in midnight and culminates at sunrise.
A large crater just seen at center is the Copernicus with a diameter of 93 km. It is an eye-catching crater compared with those in southern dense area because it is isolated in lunar sea. Surrounding seas have names of Imbrium, MERE, Procellarum, Ocean, and so on.

¶ Geocentric distance: 403,700 km, Distance from observed location: 399,000 km

Moon Age 21.4

Moon Age 23.3

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