On 1999 April 17 the Moon was a Thin Lunar Crescent
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NEAR RECORD THIN LUNAR
CRESCENT
In Canberra, Australia on
Saturday 17 April 1999 from 08h 21m (UT) the Moon was captured as a
Thin Lunar Crescent (or TLC). As New moon was at 16d 4 h 22m, this
TLC was aged 27 hours 59 minutes.
The previously recorded
"youngest" TLC was aged 14 hours 45 minutes as seen in the United
Kingdom on July 22, 1895 (Observatory, 34, 374, 1911 ) as reported by Joseph Ashbrook, August 1971, in Sky
& Telescope pages 78-79.
My TLC animation can be seen
here
On 1999 April 17 the animation shows a NEAR RECORD thin
lunar crescent
Calwell Lunar
Observatory
Location: 149d 06' 00.9"(E), -35d
26' 31.4" (S) at 630 m
Camera: Sony TR511E x 2 telephoto
lens.
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Calwell Lunar
Observatory / Update 1999
April 28 / changed 2001 March 30.
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