The night side appears to glow faintly and the entire orb of the Moon is dimly visible. Sunlight is reflected from the Earth to the night side of the Moon.
When the Moon is new as viewed from Earth, the Earth is nearly fully lit up as viewed from the Moon. I will try to add as much information as I can and include other objects seen while observing specific objects.Įarthshine is most readily observable shortly before and after a New Moon, during the waxing or waning crescent phase. To study the moon and do my lunar 100 I will be using my Meade Lightbridge 16' scope and using a collection of Uwan and orthoscopic eyepieces. Water was discovered on the moon in November 2009. The moon has no atmosphere which of course stops the Moon from having any weather or wind.
The moon orbits the Earth at 2,288 miles per hour and has an orbit of 1,423,0000 miles. The moon is aprroximately 4.5 billion years old and is 2000 miles in diameter. The moon is a wonderful object to study, there are so many craters, mountains, valley and seas that it would take a lifetime to observe every single one.
