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Originally published January 1, 2004
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[[File:LPOD-2004-01-01.jpeg|LPOD-2004-01-01.jpeg]]
 
<br><span class="main_sm"><p>Image Credit: [mailto:anthony@perseus.gr Anthony Ayiomamitis]</p></span>
 
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<b>First Quarter Moon</b></p>
 
<p>A great time to begin observing the Moon is near first quarter, when the terminator - the sunrise line - slices right
 
thru the middle of the Moon. This Moon image, taken with a 14" SCT and a Nikon Coolpix digital camera, shows the
 
dark circular maria - vast piles of lava - on the eastern (right) hemisphere of the Moon. Along the terminator, craters
 
and mountains cast dramatic shadows, making features fascinating to observe. This image has about the same lighting
 
conditions as Galileo's drawing - upper left masthead - from 1609. On both the drawing and the modern image you can see
 
Mare Serenitatis just east of the terminator, and two mountain ranges crossing it. Galileo's very prominent crater
 
further south on the terminator is clearly exaggerated in size, but can't be identified with certainty; could it be
 
Albategnius (labeled A)?</p>
 
<p><b>Related Links:</b>
 
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Anthony Ayiomamitis' [http://www.perseus.gr/ Lunar Web Site]
 
<br>[http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Things/moon.html Galileo's Moon Drawings]</p>
 
<p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[December 31, 2014|2010 And the Future]] </p>
 
<p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[January 2, 2015|Cauchy Faults, Rilles and Domes]] </p>
 
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<p align="center" class="main_titles"><b>Author & Editor:</b><br>
 
[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Charles A. Wood]</p>
 
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