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as of 04/26/2024 5:33 p.m.
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General Info
as of 04/26/2024 5:33 p.m.
| Type | Moon |
| Constellation | Scorpius |
| Orbits | Earth |
| Right ascension | 16:23:44.76 (Hours) |
| Declination | -25:50:21.4 (Deg) |
| % illuminated | 92.584 |
| Mass | 7.3477e+22 kg |
Earth's only natural satellite | |
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Jrodb12345 (490)
8 inch Dobsonian
100 points
wcoenen (450)
7x50 binoculars Celestron Cometron
300 points
After a few days and nights of heavy clouds, the sky was finally clear again. I looked at the constellations a bit with the naked eye before pointing my binoculars at the full moon. I gave some extra attention to the prominent Tycho crater.
colin.foster (580)
Orion XT8
100 points
Zenthaar (450)
Binoculars
300 points
I woke up at about 6:30am CST, and went outside to look at the moon. It was below the tops of the trees, but I could see it between the branches and I could get a good viewpoint in some areas. I observed it with my naked eyes and with binoculars, and watched it from when it was a sliver until it went into a full eclipse. It passed below the horizon before it came out of the eclipse.
Austin (5562)
Orion 10'' SkyQuest dobsonian
0 points
Observed April 4th's Lunar Eclipse from the street in Orange County. I set my alarm for 4:15PST and got up to find the moon at about 75% and getting dimmer. Now I know why it is called a "blood moon", it was clearly red. Great observation.
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