Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog

Ephemeris for Monday, March 14th.  The sun will rise at 7:57.  It’ll be up for 11 hours and 49 minutes, setting at 7:46.   The moon, 3 days past first quarter, will set at 5:13 tomorrow morning.

On the moon tonight the gibbous phase and the terminator on the left side of the moon is revealing a large semi circular mountain range called the Jura Mountains that encloses a flat lava plain that looks like a bay in the margin of the Sea of Showers or Mare Imbrium.  It is easily visible in binoculars this evening when the sunrise line is crossing the bay.  The Jura Mountains will appear as a hook out of the upper left edge of the moon.  That’s about the coolest sight that’s visible on the moon that can be seen with binoculars.  It’s especially striking if seen in a small telescope.  I’ve added these programs to my web log or blog and I can add images to illustrate what I’m talking about, as I did today.  The blog’s address is bobmoler.wordpress.com.

* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan.  They may be different for your location.

Addendum

The Jura Mountains sticking up into morning daylight. Created from the Virtual Moon Atlas.