Chronological Catalog of Reported Lunar Events
NASA Technical Report R-277  -  July 1968

Lunar Events - 1600s

 

Date & Time

Feature or Location;
Duration

Description

Observer

Reference

1668 Nov 26

Dark Side

Bright starlike point

Several New Englanders

Josselyn 1675; Mather 1714; Lowes 1927

1671 Oct 21

Pitatus

N/A

N/A

Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966)

1671 Nov 12

Pitatus

Small whitish cloud

D.Cassini

Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966)

1672 Feb 3

Mare Crisium

Nebulous appearance

D.Cassini

Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966)

1673 Oct 18

Pitatus

White spot

D.Cassini

Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966)

1685 Dec 10, ~22h28m

Plato

Reddish streak on crater floor seen during eclipse (lunar)

Bianchini

Bianchini 1686; Klado 1965

 

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