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    When is the lunar x visable

    Hello, can anyone please tell me where and when I can view the lunar x. thanks.

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    I am guessing wildly that the "X" is at the center in the vertical
    direction and well to the left of center in the horizontal direction,
    at the very edge of the terminator in this APOD image:

    http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090311.html

    It doesn't impress me much. :-) I had to search around the image
    for a while to decide that that was probably what they meant.

    It should next be visible sometime on September 14 or 15, depending
    on your location. First quarter is September 15 at 5:50 UT. The APOD
    article says the X is visible for four hours just before first quarter.
    But I expect that varies a lot with the Moon's librations. I don't have
    the tools to give a more precise answer, but I know others here do.

    -- Jeff, in Minneapolis
    http://www.FreeMars.org/jeff/

    "I find astronomy very interesting, but I wouldn't if I thought we
    were just going to sit here and look." -- "Van Rijn"

    "The other planets? Well, they just happen to be there, but the
    point of rockets is to explore them!" -- Kai Yeves

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    thanks

    Thank you I will look on the 15th at first quarter great help,

    regards

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