31 July 2004

29 July 2004

Observing
Location		Whitlock Avenue, Bronx, NY
Observation made from on board a #6 Train stopped at the Whitlock Ave station.
Atmospheric
Conditions		Dusk with a mostly clear sky to the south.
InstrumentsNaked-eye observation
Observing
Party		Charlie Ridgway

TargetMoon
Time29Jul04; 2031 EDT
CategoryMoon
CommentsFirst seen through the windows of a Manhattan-bound #6 Train in The Bronx at the Whitlock Avenue Station. At 12d13h at was mostly round but with a very diffuse illumination at the terminator. The bright portions of its surface had a yellow to gold tinge. I was seeing the moon through two layers of plastic window that has some tint in it and I don't know if it is adding color or just acting as a neutral density filter. The moon was still low in the sky and there was a salmon glow in the clouds to the west so Earth's atmosphere was almost certainly a contributing factor in the appearance.

posted by Charlie at 01:37

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