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		<title>Waxing Gibbous Moon Tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a photo of waxing gibbous Moon taken tonight at 19:20 GMT from Amsterdam. At the terminator near the top, the edge Sinus Iridum (&#8220;Bay of Rainbows&#8221;), the plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium, is clearly visible. To the south of Mare Imbrium is a prominent lunar impact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of waxing gibbous Moon taken <acronym title="January 25, 2010">tonight</acronym> at 19:20 GMT from Amsterdam.</p>
<p>At the terminator near the top, the edge Sinus Iridum (&#8220;Bay of Rainbows&#8221;), the plain of basaltic lava that forms a northwestern extension to the Mare Imbrium, is clearly visible. To the south of Mare Imbrium is a prominent lunar impact crater named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Just past the terminator on the night side near the south pole is the Cabeus crater where the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.scibuff.com/2009/10/09/lcross-impacts-the-moon/" target="_blank">ended its mission impacting the lunar surface on October 9, 2009</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_1840" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 650px"><a href="http://www.scibuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/moon-1200-800-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[1839]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1840" title="Waxing Gibbous Moon Tonight" src="http://www.scibuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/moon-1200-800-2-640x426.jpg" alt="Waxing Gibbous Moon Tonight" width="640" height="426" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Photo of waxing gibbous Moon taken tonight through a refractor ATC Monar (D=70mm f/4.6) with Canon 450D, exp. 1/50s</p></div>
<div id="attachment_1842" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 488px"><a href="http://www.scibuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CABEUS.jpg" rel="lightbox[1839]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1842" title="The position of Cabeus Crater on Lunar sufrace" src="http://www.scibuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/CABEUS-478x480.jpg" alt="The position of Cabeus Crater on Lunar sufrace" width="478" height="480" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The position of the Cabeus crater with respect to Lunar maria (Click to embiggen) - Source: Virtual Moon Atlas</p></div>
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