A mosaic of the 11-day-old gibbous Moon on March 17 2019, showing the full disk and detail along the terminator, the dividing line between the day and night sides of the Moon where the Sun is rising as seen from the surface of the Moon. At bottom in the south, Tycho is brightening and its rays are now obvious splashing across the lower half of the Moon. At lower left on the terminator is the elongated crater Schiller. The rim of another large crater, Schickard, is just beginning to catch the Sun. The most famous of the craters along the terminator at this phase in Artistarchus, one of the brightest spots on the Moon. Below it, Marius is site to a complex of volcanic hills. The vast expanse of Oceanus Procellarum the Ocean of Storms, is coming into sunlight. Amid that ocean the Copernicus and Kepler craters and their ray patterns are obvious. On the western shore of Imbrium is the curving arc of Sinus Iridum. To the eastern side of the Moon craters are lit by a high Sun, revealing | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / VWPics / Alan Dyer |
Taille de l’image : | 5034 px × 5211 px |
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