Figure 1.  Waxing Crescent moon, 5.9 days old, November 2, 2000, 7:00 PM, PST.  Mosaic of 6 images taken with a Pictor 416XTE CCD iamger at the prime focus of a Meade LX-200 10-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.

As with all images on these web pages, you may click on the image to view a larger version.

Figure 2.  Close-up of northern half.  Mare Serenitatis is above center, and Mare Tranquilitatis is below center.  The two craters with deep shadows north of Serenitatis are Eudoxus and Aristotle (the larger of the two).

Figure 3.  Close-up of the terminator south of Mare Serenitatis.  Contrast enhancement brings out relief, but at the expenseo f "saturating" the bright areas.

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