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Chronological Catalog of
Reported Lunar Events
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Lunar Events - 1600s |
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Date & Time |
Feature or Location;
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Description |
Observer |
Reference |
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1668 Nov 26 |
Dark Side |
Bright starlike point |
Several New Englanders |
Josselyn 1675; Mather 1714; Lowes 1927 |
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1671 Oct 21 |
Pitatus |
N/A |
N/A |
Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
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1671 Nov 12 |
Pitatus |
Small whitish cloud |
D.Cassini |
Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
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1672 Feb 3 |
Mare Crisium |
Nebulous appearance |
D.Cassini |
Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
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1673 Oct 18 |
Pitatus |
White spot |
D.Cassini |
Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966) |
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1685 Dec 10, ~22h28m |
Plato |
Reddish streak on crater floor seen during eclipse (lunar) |
Bianchini |
Bianchini 1686; Klado 1965 |