NASA Technical Report R-277 - July 1968 |
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1540 Nov 26, ~05h00m | Region of Calippus | Starlike appearance on dark side | Observers at Worms | Hess 1911 |
1587 Mar 5 | Dark Side | "A sterre is sene in the bodie of the moon vpon the (blank) of Marche, whereat many men merueiled, and not without cause, for it stode directly betwene the pointes of her hornes, the mone being chaunged, not passing 5 or 6 daies before." | Anonymous | Harrison 1876; Lowes 1927 |
Lunar
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1668 Nov 26 | Dark Side | Bright starlike point | Several New Englanders | Josselyn 1675; Mather 1714; Lowes 1927 |
1671 Oct 21 | Pitatus | N/A | N/A | Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
1671 Nov 12 | Pitatus | Small whitish cloud | D.Cassini | Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
1672 Feb 3 | Mare Crisium | Nebulous appearance | D.Cassini | Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
1673 Oct 18 | Pitatus | White spot | D.Cassini | Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
1685 Dec 10, ~22h28m | Plato | Reddish streak on crater floor seen during eclipse (lunar) | Bianchini | Bianchini 1686; Klado 1965 |
Lunar
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1706 May 12 | N/A | Three sparkling spots | N/A | Bode 1792a |
1715 May 3, ~09h30 | N/A | "Lightning" on the face of the moon. De Louville explained this as storms. Halley reference uses Old Style date. | Louville, Halley | Louville 1715; Halley 1715; Schroter 1791; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1725 Aug 16 | Plato | A track of ruddy light, like a beam, crossing the middle of the obscure (shadowed) area (crater in darkness) | Bianchini | Hesp. Phos. Phaenom. 1728; Sirius 1887; Wilkins 1958 |
1738 Aug 4, 16h31m | N/A | During solar eclipse, appearance like lightning on the face of the moon (Partial eclipse) | Friend of Weidler | Phil. Trans. 1739 |
1751 Apr 22 | Plato | Yellow streak of light across crater floor while crater was in darkness | Short, Stephens, Harris | Sirius 1887 |
1772 Oct 11, ~17h13m | N/A | Bright spot on disk of fully eclipsed moon | Beccaria's nephew and niece | Beccaria 1781; Klado 1965 |
1774 Jul 25 | Mare Crisium | Four bright spots. Peculiar behaviour of terminator | Eysenhard | Webb 1962 ed., pp. 106-107 |
1778 Jun 14, ~15h38m | N/A; 1 1/2 min | During solar eclipse, observed spot near lunar limb almost as bright as sun | Ulloa | Ulloa 1779, 1780; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.; Klado 1965 |
1783 Mar 18 or Sep 10 | N/A | Moving glows around middle of disk during lunar eclipse | Messier | Liais 1865; Pop. Astr. 1894-95 |
1783 Mar | Near Aristarchus | Bright points seen during observation of star occultation | W.Herschel | Schroter 1791 |
1783 May 4 | Aristarchus, vicinity | Red spot, 4th mag, diameter <3" | W.Herschel, Mrs Lind | Herschel 1912 |
1784 | Aristarchus | Nebulous bright spot of light | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1785 | Aristarchus | Nebulous bright spot of light | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1786 Dec 24 | Aristarchus | Extraordinarily bright | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1787 Mar | Dark side | Three bright spots | W.Herschel | Schroter 1791 |
1787 Apr 19 | Dark side | Three "volcanoes." The brightest, 3'57"3 from N limb, the other two much farther toward the center of the moon | W.Herschel | Herschel 1787, 1912 |
1787 Apr 20 | Dark side | Brightest "volcano" even brighter and at least 3 miles in diameter | W.Herschel | Herschel 1787, 1912 |
1787 May 19-20 | Aristarchus | Extraordinarily bright | von Bruhl | Bode 1790; Schroter 1791; Herschel 1912 |
1787 May 22 | Helicon | N/A | Villeneuve | Lalande 1792 (1966) |
1788 Jan 11 | Near Plato | Bright spot on dark side | Observers in Mannheim | Schroter 1791 |
1788 Mar 9-10 | Dark side | Bright spot | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1788 Mar 13 | Riccioli | Bright spot | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1788 Mar 13 | Helicon | Lunar "volcano" like 6th mag star | Nouet | Schroter 1792; Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966 |
1788 Apr 9 | Aristarchus; 1 hr | Extraordinarily bright | Bode | Bode 1792b |
1788 Apr 9-11 | Aristarchus | Bright spot 26" N of crater rim | Schroter, Bode | Schroter 1789, 1791, 1792a, 1792b |
1788 May 8 | N/A | Bright spots | Mechain | Lalande 1792 (1966) |
1788 May 8-9 | N/A | Bright spots | Bode | Bode 1792b |
1788 Aug 27 | N/A | Bright spot | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1788 Sep 26, 4:25am | N edge of Mare Crisium | Small nebulous bright spot | Schroter | Rozier 1788, 1792; Schroter 1791 |
1788 Sep 26 | 1'18" SE of Plato; 15 min | Whitish bright spot shining somewhat hazily and 4" to 5" in diameter, 5th mag, SE of Plato in bright moiuntainous region bounding Mare Imbrium | Schroter | Schroter 1789, 1792a, 1792b; Sirius 1888 |
1788 Sep 26 | Near Aristarchus; 30 min | Bright spot 26" N of main crater | Schroter | Rozier 1788, 1792; Schroter 1791 |
1788 Dec 2, 5:35am | Aristarchus | Extraordinarly bright, like star | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1788 Dec 11 | Plato | Bright area, like thin white cloud | Schroter | schroter 1791 |
1788 | Aristarchus | Brilliant spots | Bode | Bode 1792b; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1789 Jan 10 | N/A | Lunar "volcano" | Seyffer | Seyffer 1789; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1789 Mar 29-30 | Grimaldi, and near Riccioli | Two flickering spots on E edge of Grimaldi, and near Riccioli on dark side of moon a bright spot | Schroter | Schroter 1789, 1791; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1789 Mar 29-31 | Aristarchus | Nebulous bright area | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1789 Mar | Near Aristarchus | Brilliant spots near Aristarchus; luminous spots on dark side | Bode | Bode 1788-89, 1789, 1793; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1789 Apr | Near Aristarchus | Brilliant spots near Aristarchus; luminous spots on dark side | Bode | Bode 1788-89, 1789, 1793; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1789 May | Near Aristarchus | Brilliant spots near Aristarchus; luminous spots on dark side | Bode | Bode 1788-89, 1789, 1793; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1789 Sep 26 | Mont Blanc; 15 min | Small speck of light at foot of mountain, like 5th mag star | Schroter | Pickering 1902; Webb 1962 ed., p.113 |
1790 Jan 17 | Aristarchus region | Small, hazy spot of light | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1790 Feb 15-18 | Aristarchus region | Small, hazy spot of light | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1790 Mar 19 | Aristarchus region | Small, hazy spot of light | Schroter | Schroter 1791 |
1790 Oct 22 | N/A | During total eclipse, Herschel saw at least 150 small, round, bright, red luminous points. (Mid-eclipse, lunar, Oct 23, 00h41m.) | W.Herschel | Herschel 1912 ed.; Klado 1965 |
1792 Feb 24 | N/A | Cusps of moon showed signs of atmosphere | Schroter | Webb 1962 ed., p.97 |
1792 | Aristarchus | Many ocassions; special appearance | Bode | Bode 1792a |
1792 | Dark side | Brilliant spots | Schroter | Schroter 1792a, 1792b |
1794 Mar 7 | Dark side; 15 min | Appearance of light like a star seen in dark part of the moon | W.Wilkins, Stretton | Wilkins 1794; Stretton 1794; Maskelyne 1795; Moore 1953; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1797 Mar 2 | Promontorium Heraclides, vicinity | "Observations of a volcano on the moon" | Caroché | Caroché 1799; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed. |
1797 Jul 2 | Mare Vaporum | Vapors resembling mountain | Schroter, Olber | Klein 1879 |
1799 | Dark side | Bright spots on dark side, seen during five different lunations | Piazzi | Piazzi 1800; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.; Treanor and O'Connell 1965 |