Explore the Moon (Binocular) - July 3, 2017

Lunar Phase: Waxing Gibbous (78.0%)

Moonset: 2:07 AM Eastern       Moonrise: 3:54 PM Eastern
Sunrise: 5:27 AM Eastern         Sunset: 8:55 PM Eastern

Location: Cottage on Bob’s Lake, South Frontenac, ON

Date: 2017-07-03
Time: 9:37 PM EDT
Temperature: 16° C
Equipment: Binoculars 10x30 IS + 15x70
Magnification: x10 + x15
Transparency: very good (5)
Seeing: very good (5)

Clear windless night with just a few clouds. Could see the Moon through the treetops. Had to move around as the Moon moved to view the terminus. Disappointed that I couldn’t stay out later - limited viewing due to the tree canopy, even from the end of the dock.

Craters: Aristoteles, Blancanus (B in the sketch), Clavius, Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Lansberg, Plato, Reinhold, Scheiner (A in the sketch). There was also a feature north of Copernicus that made me wonder if they were craters or Montes Carpatus. Mares: Crisium, Fecunditatis, Imbrium, Nectaris, Nubium, Serenitatis, Tranquilitatis