19 April 2007

Observing Location	North Cove, Battery Park City, New York, NY
Observational Period	1900-1935 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Broken Clouds Temperature 60°F Wind Light Breeze Humidity Low Feels Like A little cool Aloft there were two decks of clouds. Up high there was some broken stratus and down low there were fast moving cumulus heading to the south. The breeze was coming in off the water and was a little cool because of that. Between the clouds there was blue sky, there just wasn’t a lot of between the clouds. Transparency Poor Seeing
Instruments	Naked-eye observing - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Moon & Venus Constellation Tau Category Lunar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20070419.1940 EDT Comments Moon Lunation Phase Age Distance Light Time (from earth) ,000 km s Elongation ° % Illuminated % Magnitude -10.25 Angular Size 33’ Altitude 34°4’ Venus Object Class Classical Planet Phase Elongation ° % Illuminated 72.5% Distance Light Time (from Earth) AU ms Distance (from Sun) Au Angular Size 15" Magnitude -4.06 Altitude 37°37’ I started looking for the Moon as the Sun was getting low on the horizon but didn’t see it until just about sunset when I started scanning up the ecliptic in case I had been looking too low. Fortunately I was looking too low and there was the smiling Moon in a break in the clouds. Space Weather made it sound like Venus would be on top of it, they mentioned conjunction which I take to mean either on the same meridian, the in the same longitude or within 1° of each other and these two bodies were none of the above. I had quickly looked at a sky chart of the event so realized that Venus would be out to the left of the Moon so started scanning there and easily located it. I estimated it to be about four pinky-widths distant which would be about 2°, but in Starry Night it appears much closer. I did not notice any earthshine that early in the evening but since there were clouds beneath the Moon I went to dinner instead of waiting for it to become visible. Starry Night Starter graphic