NASA Technical Report R-277 - July 1968 |
Free to download; Govt. Pub. - www.creationism.org/books/nasalunar/ |
|
Duration |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|