Tuesday October 15, 2024

Grimaldi Graces the Edge (all night)

The dark-floored basin named Grimaldi is a prominent foreshortened oval
located near the western edge of the moon. It is just south of the moon's equator and below, or lunar southwest of, the large, dark patch of Oceanus Procellarum, the Sea of Storms. The 108 mile (175 km) diameter basin is easy
to see using your unaided eyes and through binoculars and telescopes. On Tuesday, October 15 the terminator on the waxing gibbous moon will fall just
to the west of the crater, accentuating its complex, pitted rim and some
subtle wrinkle ridges on the basalts of its eastern floor. The 14 mile (22 km) wide fresh crater named Grimaldi B on the basin's northern edge is visible under magnification. Grimaldi will be fully illuminated from Wednesday night onward.


(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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