Around the Moon in 28 Days: Lunar Observing for Beginners

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1 Lunar Object List E=unaided eye; B=binoculars;T=telescope Moon - E, B, T Earthshine - E, B, T Mare Crisium Mare 2 E, B, T Agarum Promontorium Promontory 2 T Langrenus Crater 2 B, T Lohse Crater 2 T Acosta Crater 2 T Dorsum Oppel Ridge 3 T Swift Crater 3 T Pierce Crater 3 T Promontoriums Olivium Promontory 3 T Lavinium Promontory 3 T Picard Crater 3 T Mare Fecunditatis Mare 3 E, B, T Sinus Successus Bay 3 B, T Webb Crater 3 T Messier Crater 4 T Messier A Crater 4 T Rima Messie Fissure 4 T Mare Serenitatus Mare 5 E, B, T Posidonius. Crater 5 B, T Posidonius A Crater 5 B, T

2 2 Posidonius B Crater 5 T Serpentine Ridge (Dorsa Smirnov) Ridge 5 T Dorsum Nicol Ridge 5 T Pliny Crater 5 T Mare Nectaris Mare 6 E, B, T Sabine Crater 6 T Ritter Crater 6 T Aldrin Crater 6 T Collins Crater 6 T Armstrong Crater 6 T Montes Haemus Mountain Range 6 T Apennines Mountain Range 6 B, T Montes Caucasus Mountain Range 6 B, T Mons Hadley Mountain 6 B, T Valles Alpes Valley 6 B, T Mare Frigoris Mare 6 E, B, T Montes Alpes Mountain Range 6 B, T Mons Blanc Mountain Range 6 T Promontorium DeVille Promontorium Agassiz Promontory 6 B, T Promontory 6 B, T Mons Piton Mountain 6 T Mare Imbrium Mare 6 E, B, T Hadley Rille Rille 7 B, T

3 3 Albategnius Crater 7 B, T Klein Crater 7 T Andel Crater 7 T Descartes Crater 7 T Abulfeda Crater 7 T Dolland Crater 7 T Montes Carpatus Mountain Range 8 B, T Tycho Crater 8 B, T Maginus Crater 8 T Maginus C Crater 8 T Proctor Crater 8 T Copernicus Crater 8 B, T Sinus Iridum Bay 9 B, T Jura Mountains Mountain Range 9 B, T Heraclides Crater 9 B, T LaPlace Crater 9 B, T Mare Insularum Mare 9 B, T Sinus Aestuum Bay 9 B, T Wilhelm Crater 9 T Longomontanus Crater 9 B, T Sinus Roris Bay 10 B, T Oceanus Procellarum Mare 10 E, B, T Mare Cognitum Mare 10 E, B, T Fra Mauro Crater 10 B, T

4 4 Bonpland Crater 10 T Parry Crater 10 T Mare Nubium Mare 10 E, B, T Kepler Crater 11 B, T Aristarchus Crater 12 B, T Herodotus Crater 12 T Schroter's Valley Valley 12 T Reiner Crater 12 T Reiner Gamma (unknown) 12 T Grimaldi Crater 13 B, T Rimae Grimaldi Fissure 13 T Promontorium Agarum Promontory 15 B, T Condorcet Crater 15 T Mons Usov Mountain 15 T Humboldt Crater 15 T Legendre Crater 15 T Phillips Crater 15 T Bernoulli Crater 16 T Geminus Crater 16 T Burckhardt Crater 16 T Cleomides Crater 16 T Debes Crater 16 T Tralles Crater 16 T Lacus Crater 16 T

5 5 Bonitatis Crater 16 T Macrobius Crater 16 T Tisserand Crater 16 T Fredholm Crater 16 T Proclus Crater 16 T Palus Somni Plain 16 T Picard Crater 16 T Sinus Concordiae Bay 16 T Taruntius Crater 16 B, T Lick Crater 16 T Shapely Crater 16 T Firmicus Crater 16 T Petavius Crater 16 B, T Palitzsch Crater 16 T Macrobius Crater 17 T Tisserand Crater 17 T Posidonius Crater 18 T Charconac Crater 18 T Rimae Chacornac Fissure 18 T Le Monnier Crater 18 T Piccolomini Crater 18 T Caucasus Mountains Mountain Range 19 B, T Artistoteles Crater 19 B, T Eudoxus Crater 19 B, T

6 6 Eudoxus B Crater 19 T Eudoxus G Crater 19 T Eudoxus A Crater 19 T Alexander Crater 19 T Stofler Crater 19 T Faraday Crater 19 T Fernelius Crater 19 T Nasireddin Crater 19 T Huggins Crater 19 T Licetus Crater 19 T Heraclitus Crater 19 T Spitzbergen Mountains Mountain Range 20 T Aristillus Crater 20 T Autolycus Crater 20 T Paulus Putredinus Plain 20 T Alphonsus Crater 20 T Pitatus Crater 21 T Wurzelbauer Crater 21 T Gauricus Crater 21 T Clavius Crater 21 T Blancanus Crater 21 T Longomontanus Crater 21 T Klaproth Crater 21 T Riphaeus Mountains Mountain Range 22 B, T

7 7 Pytheas Crater 22 T Lambert Crater 22 T Eratosthenes Crater 22 T Timocharis Crater 22 T Euler Crater 22 T Mons Vinogradov Mountain 22 T Sinus Iridum Bay 23 B, T Bianchini Crater 23 T Juras Mountains Mountain Range 23 B, T Foucault Crater 23 T Mairan Crater 23 T Mons Gruithuisen Delta Mons Gruithuisen Gamma Mountain 23 T Mountain 23 T Gruithuisen Crater 23 T Schiller Crater 24 T Zucchius Crater 24 T Bettinus Crater 24 T Kirchner Crater 24 T Wilson Crater 24 T Mare Humorum Mare 24 E, B, T Cardanus Crater 25 T Krafft Crater 25 T Cardanus M Crater 25 T Cantena Krafft Crater 25 T

8 8 Balboa Crater 25 T Vasco de Gama Crater 25 T Anaximander Crater 26 T Carpenter Crater 26 T Pythagoras Crater 26 T Babbage Crater 26 T Oenopides Crater 26 T

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