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Chronological Catalog of
Reported Lunar Events
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Lunar Events - 1950-1967 |
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Date & Time |
Feature or Location;
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Description |
Observer |
Reference |
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1950 Jun 27, 02h30m |
Aristarchus |
Blue glare, base inner W wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1950 Jun 27 |
Herodotus |
Bright point in crater |
Bartlett |
Strol. Astr. 1962 |
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1950 Jun 28, 03h27m |
Aristarchus |
Blue glare, rim of W wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1950 Jun 29, 05h30m |
Aristarchus |
Strong bluish glare; E, SE wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1950 Jul 26, 02h52m |
Aristarchus |
Blue glare, base inner W wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1950 Jul 31, 04h50m |
Aristarchus |
Violet glare, E, NE rim |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1950 Aug 28, 04h25m |
Aristarchus |
Intense blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE rim |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1951 Jan 21 |
E of Lichtenberg |
Red patch |
Baum |
Strol. Astr. 1951 |
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1951 Feb 4, 21h00m - 23h00m |
W of Endymion; 2hr |
Mist over peak |
Baum |
Baum 1966 |
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1951 May 17 |
Gassendi |
Bright speck of short duration |
Wilkins |
Moore 1953, p.118 |
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1951 Aug 20 |
W.H. Pickering (Messier A) |
Brilliant white patch inside crater |
Moore |
Moore 1953, p.147 |
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1951 Oct 20 |
W.H. Pickering (Messier A) |
Bright circular patch |
Moore |
Moore obs. book |
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1952 Apr 3 |
N/A |
Twenty-one spots were charted, one surrounded by a light area, while three streaks were seen in the NW quarter. |
Wilkins, Moore |
Wilkins and Moore 1958 |
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1952 Apr 4 |
Plato |
Obscuration of crater floor |
Cragg |
Moore 1953, 1965 |
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1952 Sep 9, 23h00m |
Calippus |
Broad hazy band of light across floor (observer gave observation low weight |
Moore |
Moore obs. book |
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1952 Dec 24 |
Theaetetus |
Hazy line of light |
Moore |
Wilkins and Moore 1958, p.238 |
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1953 Apr 18 |
N/A |
Faint extension of cusps |
Wilkins |
Wilkins 1954 |
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1953 Nov 15, 02h00m |
Near Pallas |
Very bright spot on illuminated part near terminator seen and photographed |
Stuart |
Strolling Astr. 1956; Stuart 1957 |
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1954 Mar 23 |
Atlas |
Violet tint in Atlas |
Delmotte |
Delmotte |
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1954 May 10 |
Crater in Ptolemaeus |
Flash |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1962 ed., p.53 |
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1954 May 11, 20h00m |
Eratosthenes |
Central mountain group invisible, though surrounding details very clear |
Cattermole |
Contrib. by Moore |
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1954 Jul 14, 04h39m |
Aristarchus |
E wall bright spot; violet glare |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Jul 16, 05h35m |
Aristarchus |
Whole interior of strong violet ting; violet tint in nimbus and N and NE of crater |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Jul 17, 07h05m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet tint on surface NE of crater; no color elsewhere |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Jul 24, 07h19m |
Aristarchus |
Crater filled with pale violet light |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Aug 11, 22h00m |
Aristarchus |
Brilliant in red (filter), variable |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1966 |
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1954 Aug 18 |
Aristarchus |
Brilliant blue-violet glare over E and NE walls |
Bartlett |
Contrib. by Moore |
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1954 Sep 8, 20h00m |
Proclus |
Brightness variation in blue light |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1962 ed., p.83 |
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1954 Oct 8, 10 |
Timocharis |
Red glow |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1962, 1966 |
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1954 Oct 11, 04h57m |
Aristarchus |
Violet tint on floor, E wall and central peak; intermittent |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Oct 12, 01h32m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet radiance; S wal, SE, E, NE walls; central peak |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Oct 12, 04h09m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet tint E half of floor; very faint W half of floor and W wall. Dark violet in nimbus; pale violet on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Oct 13, 02h00m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet glare, E rim; pale violet radiance within crater and around S wall bright spot. Dark violet in nimbus; pale violet on plateau. |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Oct 13, 05h15m |
Aristarchus |
Scarcely perceptible violet radiance within crater; wall bands look faint |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Oct 18, 06h47m |
Aristarchus |
Strong blue-violet glare, E wall bright spot, E wall and on central peak |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Nov 5 |
Copernicus |
Bright point |
Johnstone |
Strol. Astr. 1962 |
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1954 Nov 7, 23h20m |
Kepler |
Bright point just outside E wall |
Lugo |
J.B.A.A. 1955 |
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1954 Nov 12, 02h42m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot and whole length of E wall. Suspected violet tint in N and NE of crater; Certainly on plateau. Greatly faded by 05h07m |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1954 Dec 12, 02h44m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet glare, E rim, changing to brown |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Jan 8, 00h46m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet glare whole length of E rim; brightest SE and around E wall bright spot |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Jan 12, 04h54m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE rim |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Apr 2, 03h20m - 05h00m |
Straight-wall region; ~1 hr 40 min |
Small craters between Birt and fault invisible at times under excellent viewing conditions, while craterlets on E side were continually observed |
Capen |
Capen 1955, 1967 |
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1955 Apr 5, 03h20m |
Aristarchus |
E wall and glacis; violet; uncertain |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Apr 24 |
Near Posidonius |
White flash of short duration N of Mare Serenitatis near Posidonius |
Wykes |
Strol. Astr. 1955 |
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1955 May 5, 03h30m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet tint in E half of floor; violet band at base, E side of central peak |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 May 7-8 |
Lictenberg |
N/A |
Nicolini |
Azevado 1962 |
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1955 May 24 |
Near South Pole |
"Glitter" suggesting electrical discharge |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1962 ed., p.131 |
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1955 Jun 25, 20h30m |
Theophilus |
Mistiness; absent the next night |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1962 ed., p.84 |
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1955 Jul 3, 22h00m |
Schroter's Valley |
Starlike point |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1962 ed., Pl.X |
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1955 Jul 13 |
Aristarchus |
Brilliant in blue and green |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1966 |
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1955 Aug 3, 04h50m |
Aristarchus |
Plateau only; pale violet tint |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Aug 3 |
Manilius, Timocharis |
Manilius extraordinarily brilliant; Timocharis bright in blue, appears large and diffuse |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1966 |
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1955 Aug 26 |
Near Carpathians; ~35 sec |
Bright flare on dark side similar to 2nd mag star |
McCorkle |
Sky and Tel. 1955 |
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1955 Aug 30, 03h40m |
Aristarchus |
Floor, base inner W wall, NW wall; faint bluish glare |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Sep 7, 03h20m |
Copernicus |
Brightened in blue |
Firsoff |
Firsoff 1966 |
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1955 Sep 7, 04h52m |
Aristarchus |
Strong blue-violet glare; E, NE rim; also E base of central peak. Dark violet, nimbus. |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Sep 8, 04h32m |
Aristarchus |
Strong bluish glare on E, NE wall, on S edge of E wall bright spot, and bordering both edges of the bright floor band, passing around W of central peak. Dark violet tint in nimbus. |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Sep 8 |
Taurus Mountains |
Two flashes from edge of Taurus Mountains |
Lambert |
Sky and Tel. 1955 |
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1955 Sep 9, 02h58m |
Aristarchus |
Floor; blue clay color |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Sep 28, 23h00m |
Cobrahead |
Obscured by brown patch |
Bestwick |
Contrib. by Moore |
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1955 Oct 2, 05h42m |
Aristarchus |
Violet glare, E, NE rim. Over E wall bright spot resembled a violet mist. Crater itself was hazy; could not get sharp focus. |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Oct 4, 04h55m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet tint; E wall bright spot and whole length of E rim; dark violet in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Oct 4 |
Aristarchus |
Spectrum enhanced in H and K region |
Kozyrev |
Kozyrev 1957 |
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1955 Oct 5, 03h44m |
Aristarchus |
Intensely bright blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Oct 31, 00h40m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet glare, E, NE rim; dark violet hue in nimbus; pale violet radiance over plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Oct 31, 04h50m |
Aristarchus |
Intense blue-violet glare, E, NE rim. Dark violet in nimbus; pale violet on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Oct 31, 19h00m |
Cobrahead |
Dark blue obscuration |
Milligan |
Contrib. by Moore |
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1955 Nov 1, 03h18m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet tint; E wall bright spot, E, NE rim, dark violet hue in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Nov 6, 05h50m |
Aristarchus |
Strong blue-violet glare, E, NE wall. Dark violet hue in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 Nov 27, 02h48m |
Aristarchus |
Floor; blue clay color |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1955 |
Plato |
N/A |
Sytinskaya |
Azevado 1962 |
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1955 |
Aristarchus |
N/A |
Sytinskaya |
Azevado 1962 |
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1955 |
Tycho |
N/A |
Sytinskaya |
Azevado 1962 |
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1956 Jan 24 |
W edge of Cavendish; ~10 min |
Variable point of light |
Houghton, Warner |
Strol. Astr. 1955 |
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1956 Jan 27, 01h18m |
Aristarchus |
Violet glare whole length of E wall and around E wall bright spot; violet tint N and NE of crater |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Jan 28, 02h33m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet radiance; E, NE rim |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Mar 14, 19h00m |
N/A |
Twilight at S cusp traced 400 mi. beyond cusp. No trace of twilight at N pole. 6 1/2 inch reflector used. Moon 2 1/2 days old |
Firsoff |
J.B.A.A. 1956 |
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1956 Mar 18 |
N/A |
Anomalous dimming of Tau and 105 Tau before occultation |
Firsoff |
J.B.A.A. 1956 |
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1956 Jun 20, 03h39m |
Aristarchus |
Blue glare, base inner W wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Jun 26, 07h42m |
Aristarchus |
Intense blue-violet glare; on E wall bright spot. Dark violet in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Jun 28, 05h35m |
Aristarchus |
Intense blue-violet glare, E wall bright spot. Dark violet, nimbus. Pale violet N and NE of crater and on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Jun 29, 06h10m |
Aristarchus |
Faint, blue-violet tint; E wall bright spot |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Jun 30, 06h55m |
Aristarchus |
Vivid blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Jul 28, 05h40m |
Aristarchus |
Vivid blue-violet glare on central peak, band across E floor to E wall bright spot; on E wall bright spot and E, NE wall. Absent by 07h20m. |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Oct 16, 02h34m |
Aristarchus |
Blue glare, base inner W wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Oct 20, 00h45m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet glare on E wall bright spot, E, NE rim. Dark violet in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Oct 26 |
Alphonsus |
A suspected partial obscuration of the floor based on differences in detail in infrared and ultraviolet photographs |
Alter |
Alter 1956, 1959 |
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1956 Nov 15, 01h17m |
Aristarchus |
Faint blue radiance, base inner W wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Nov 16, 03h33m |
Aristarchus |
Floor; bright bluish tint E of central peak; blue-gray W of central peak |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1956 Nov 17-18 |
Aristarchus, Tycho, Kepler, Proclus, Manilius, Byrgius |
Extraordinarily bright |
Argentiere, et al |
Azevado 1962 |
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1956 |
Tycho |
N/A |
Dubois |
Azevado 1962 |
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1956 |
Mare Humorum |
N/A |
Vigroux |
Azevado 1962 |
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1957 Mar 17, 06h24m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet glare; E wall bright spot and whole length of E wall. Dark violet in nimbus; pale violet on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Mar 18, 06h43m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet glare; E wall bright spot, E wall. Very strong violet hue in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Jun 11, 04h48m |
Aristarchus |
Floor; uniform bluish radiance |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Jul 11, 05h40m |
Aristarchus |
Pale violet radiance in crater and on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Aug 18, 06h58m |
Aristarchus |
Pale blue tint on all walls; floor dazzling white |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Oct 11, 03h15m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet; E wall bright spot, E, NE rim. Dark violet in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Oct 12, 02h40m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE, N, NW walls. Dark violet nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Oct 12 |
Aristarchus; 1 hr |
Bright flash; then brownish eccentric patch |
Dachille and daughter |
Cameron 1965 |
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1957 Oct 13, 04h00m |
Aristarchus |
Weak violet glare; whole length of E wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Oct 13 |
In or near Aristarchus |
Bright spot of light ("explosion") |
Haas |
Haas 1957 |
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1957 Oct 15, 05h45m |
Aristarchus |
Strong blue-violet glare, whole length of E wall |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1957 Oct 16, 06h00m |
Aristarchus |
Faint blue-gray tint; N, NW, W floor and walls |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 May 1, 03h00m |
Aristarchus |
Entire sunlit area of floor, bluish |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 May 4, 06h28m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare S side of E wall bright spot; dark violet in nimbus; pale violet on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 May 31, 03h40m |
Aristarchus |
Pale blue-gray floor; violet band E base of central peak |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 Jun 29, 04h04m |
Aristarchus |
Floor; very pale bluish tint |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 Jul 2, 06h29m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet glare whole length of E wall, involving E wall bright spot; dark violet, nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 Jul 3, 07h06m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet glare; E, NE rim. Dark violet, nimbus; pale violet, plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 Aug 2, 06h15m |
Aristarchus |
Strong violet glare; E wall bright spot, NE wall. Dark violet, nimbus. Strong violet, plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 Sep 1, 07h27m |
Aristarchus |
Whole crater filled with pale violet radiance, especially bright on walls. Pale violet N and NE of crater and on plateau |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1958 Sep 23 |
Piton |
Became enveloped in an obscuring cloud-like mist |
Moore |
Moore obs. book |
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1958 Oct 16 |
N of Mare Crisium |
Bright spot in dark area of moon |
Mayemson |
Mayemson 1965 |
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1958 Nov 3, 03h00m |
Alphonsus |
Reddish glow, followed by effusion of gas |
Kozyrev |
Kozyrev 1959, 1963; Green 1965 |
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1958 Nov 19, 04h00m - 04h30m |
Alphonsus; 30 min |
Diffuse cloud over central mountain |
Poppendiek, Bond |
Alter 1959; Poppendiek and Bond 1959 |
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1958 Nov 19, 22h05m |
Alpetragius |
Portion of shadow in crater vanished |
Stein |
Stein 1959 |
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1958 Nov 19 |
Alphonsus |
Reddish patch close to central peak |
Wilkins, Hole |
Wilkins 1959; Hole 1959; Moore 1965 |
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1958 Nov 22 |
Alphonsus |
Gray spot |
Bartha |
Moore 1965 |
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1958 Dec 19 |
Alphonsus |
Reddish patch close to central peak |
Wilkins, Hole |
Wilkins 1959; Hole 1959; Moore 1965 |
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1959 Jan 22 |
Aristarchus |
Interior, light brilliant blue, later turning white |
Alter |
Alter NASA report |
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1959 Jan 23 |
Aristarchus |
Brilliant blue interior |
Alter |
Cameron 1965 |
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1959 Feb 18 |
Alphonsus |
Red patch |
Hole |
Moore 1965 |
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1959 Mar 24, 02h33m and 04h55m |
Aristarchus |
Strong blue and blue-violet glares; E wall, E wall bright spot, S wall bright spot; intermittent display. Observation at 04h55m of same phenomenon |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1959 Mar 25, 05h24m |
Aristarchus |
Intense blue-violet glare on whole length of E rim and on E wall bright spot; dark violet hue in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1959 Apr 19 |
W of Mare Humorum |
Bright point to W of mare |
McFarlane |
Strol. Astr. 1959 |
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1959 Sep 5 |
Aristarchus |
Irregular, intermittent starlike point of light, 8th to 9th mag, appeared within bright area. No color seen |
Rule |
Rule 1959 |
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1959 Sep 13 |
Littrow |
Obliterated by a hovering cloud (Feist disagrees with Bradford) |
Bradford |
Contrib. by Moore |
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1959 Oct 23 |
Alphonsus |
Red glow seen. Spectrum showed unusual features |
Kozyrev |
Kozyrev 1962 |
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1960 Jan 6 |
Alphonsus |
Red spot |
Warner |
J. Int. Lunar Soc. 1960 |
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1960 Nov |
Piton; ~30 min |
Red obscuration concealing peak |
Schneller |
Cameron 1965 |
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1960 Dec |
Piton |
Red obscuration less intense than in November |
Schneller |
Cameron 1965 |
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1961 Jan |
Piton |
Red obscuration less intense than in November |
Schneller |
Cameron 1965 |
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1961 Feb 15, ~08h11m |
Aristarchus, Plato |
Seen as bright features during solar eclipse (on film of eclipse shown by BBC May 6, 1966) |
Sartory, Middlehurst |
Contrib. by Middlehurst |
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1961 May 30-31 |
Aristarchus |
Enhancement of spectrum in UV |
Grainger, Ring |
Grainger and Ring 1963 |
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1961 Jun 27-28 |
Aristarchus, ray near Bessel |
Enhancement of spectrum in UV |
Grainger, Ring |
Grainger and Ring 1963 |
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1961 Jun 29-30 |
E of Plato |
Enhancement of spectrum in UV |
Grainger, Ring |
Grainger and Ring 1963 |
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1961 Oct 18 |
Eratosthenes |
Bright spot in crater |
Bartlett |
Strol. Astr. 1962 |
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1961 Nov 26 |
Aristarchus region |
Red glow seen. Anomalous spectra in red and blue |
Kozyrev |
Kozyrev 1963 |
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1961 Nov 28 |
Aristarchus region |
Red glow seen. Anomalous spectra in red and blue |
Kozyrev |
Kozyrev 1963 |
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1961 Dec 3 |
Aristarchus region |
Red glow seen. Anomalous spectra in red and blue |
Kozyrev |
Kozyrev 1963 |
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1962 Sep 5 |
Region of Walter near terminator; 7 min |
Faint point of light |
Chalk |
Cameron 1965 |
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1962 Sep 16 |
"Whole moon" |
Spectrum showed UV emission, particularly in region of H and K lines by comparison with spectra of Sun, Mars and Jupiter |
Spinrad |
Spinrad 1964 |
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1962 Oct 8 |
Aristarchus; ~1 hr |
Activity |
Adams |
Cameron 1965 |
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1963 Oct 5 |
Aristarchus region |
Enhancement of 30 percent at 5450 A |
Scarfe |
Scarfe 1965 |
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1963 Oct 30 |
Aristarchus region |
Color changes; reddish-orange to ruby patches |
Greenacre, Barr |
Greenacre 1963 |
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1963 Oct 30 |
Cobrahead; 7 min |
Brightened area, 7th to 11th mag |
Budine, Farrell |
Cameron 1965 |
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1963 Nov 1, 23h00m |
Near Kepler; 20 min |
Enhancement of large area in red light |
Kopal, Rackham |
Kopal and Rackham 1964a, 1964b |
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1963 Nov 11 |
Aristarchus |
Color changes |
Jacobs |
Shorthill 1963; Gree 1965, p.409 |
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1963 Nov 28 |
Aristarchus, Schroter's Valley; 1 hr 15 min |
Red spots, then violet, blue haze |
Greenacre, et al |
Greenacre 1963 |
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1963 Nov 28 |
Cobrahead; 35 min |
Pink spot on W side |
Tombaugh |
Cameron 1965 |
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1963 Nov 28 |
Aristarchus, Anaximander; ~1 hr |
Red spot in Aristarchus and also on N edge of Anaximander |
W. Fisher |
Cameron 1965 |
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1963 Dec 28, 15h55m - 16h26m |
Aristarchus to Herodotus; 31 min |
Extensive red area |
9 students at Hiroshima, Japan |
Sato 1964 |
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1963 Dec 29-30, 22h00m - 03h00m |
Aristarchus region; 5 hr |
Purplish-blue patch |
Doherty and others |
Contrib. by Moore |
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1963 Dec 30, ~11h00m |
NE limb; ~20 min |
During eclipse, anomalous reddish glow inside umbra (Lunar eclipse) |
Many observers |
Sky and Tel. 1964 |
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1964 Feb 25 |
Cobrahead; 3 min, Aristarchus; 1 min |
Red flashes, + 12 mag |
Budine |
Cameron 1965 |
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1964 Mar 16 |
Aristarchus |
Sudden red glow on SW rim |
Lecuona |
Cameron 1965 |
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1964 Mar 18 |
Aristarchus |
Flash |
Earl and brother |
Cameron 1965 |
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1964 Mar 26, 00h37m |
Aristarchus |
Floor; blue clay color |
Bartlett |
Bartlett, 1967 |
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1964 Mar 28, 01h59m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare, E wall and N wall; E wall bright spot; violet tinge in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Apr 22 |
Near Ross D |
Bright spot |
Cross and others |
Harris 1967 |
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1964 Apr 26 |
Region of Censorinus |
Surface brightening somewhat similar to Kopal-Rackham (1963 Nov 1) event |
Hopmann |
Hopmann 1966 |
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1964 May 17 |
Theophilus |
Crimson color on W rim, ~10 mag |
Dieke |
Cameron 1965 |
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1964 May 18, 03h55m - 05h00m |
SE of Ross D; 1 hr 5 min |
White obscuration moved 20 mph, decreased in extent. Phenomenon repeated. Newtonians 8" f/7 and 9" f/7 used |
Harris, Cross and others |
Cameron 1965; Harris 1967 |
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1964 May 20 |
Plato; ~10 min |
Strong orange-red color on W rim of crater, + 10 mag |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 May 26, 04h22m |
Aristarchus |
Strong blue-violet glare, E wall and E wall bright spot; strong violet tinge in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 May 28, 05h38m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE walls. Dark violet, nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Jun 6 |
Aristarchus area; 50 min |
Spur between Aristarchus and Herodotus; red spots (glow) in Schroter's Valley |
Schmidling, St.Clair, Platt |
Cameron 1965 |
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1964 Jun 17 |
SE of Ross D |
Moving bright spot; 2 brief obscurations of part of wall. Newtonian, 19" f/7 |
Cross, Harris |
Harris 1967 |
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1964 Jun 20, 06h00m |
Aristarchus |
Nimbus only; dark violet hue |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Jun 21, 03h43m - 05h44m |
S of Ross D; 2 hr, 1 min |
Moving dark area. Newtonian 19" f/7 |
Harris, Cross, Helland |
Harris 1967 |
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1964 Jun 23, 04h55m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare, NE rim; strong violet tinge in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Jun 25, ~01h07m |
Aristarchus |
Very bright during eclipse (direct photograph, lunar eclipse) |
Titulaer |
Hemel en Dampkring 1967 |
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1964 Jun 25, 01h07m |
Grimaldi |
During lunar eclipse, white streak from Grimaldi toward limb |
Azevado |
Letter to Moore |
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1964 Jun 26, 05h24m |
Aristarchus |
Dark violet in nimbus; pale violet on plateau. Absent from crater |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Jun 27, 05h48m |
Aristarchus |
Bright blue-violet; E wall bright spot, E, NE rim. Dark violet in nimbus |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Jun 28, 06h44m |
Aristarchus |
Blue-violet glare; E wall bright spot, E, NE, N, NW walls |
Bartlett |
Bartlett 1967 |
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1964 Jun 28 |
S region of Aristarchus |
Reddish-brown tone observed |
Bartlett |