| Our moon is 2,000 miles wide and is very close to us, | | | | creates the impression that all of the mountains and |
| allowing us to see all of its tiny details with just a pair | | | | craters are actually bigger than they seem. |
| of binoculars. Binoculars would reveal the chaotic | | | | The image of the moon constantly changes. As the |
| landscape of the moon that is fulled with mountains, | | | | terminator line moves across the surface of the moon |
| dark deep valleys, and large craters. | | | | night after night, the light changes what we can see, |
| As the month goes on, the moon is seen as 4 | | | | and new details become lit by the sun or disappear |
| different cycles. It starts as new, to a crescent, to half | | | | into darkness. Try to look at the same area every |
| of a moon, to a football shape, and then to a full moon. | | | | clear night for two weeks. Craters will look like dark |
| After that, it goes backwards from football, to half | | | | pits at the lunar sunrise, change shape as the Sun |
| moon, to crescent, to new. You can find what the | | | | moves over the moon, and then look like a little tiny dot |
| moon is doing now by looking at an almanac or | | | | once the moon becomes new. |
| calender. | | | | You'll be able to view the moon a lot better if you can |
| Unless it is a full moon, then you it will look like only part | | | | place your binoculars on a bipod or tripod so that they |
| of it is there, because you can only see the bright, sunlit | | | | stay still. When you are viewing stars, use, lower |
| part of the moon. Right where the bright part and the | | | | powered binoculars so you can see as many stars as |
| dark part meet is the Terminator. That is where you | | | | possible in your field of view. The Moon is so big |
| want to look if you want to see some amazing details. | | | | though so it doesn't really help when looking at it. When |
| If you use higher powered binoculars, the area by the | | | | viewing the Moon, get a pair of binoculars with a very |
| terminator line can be seen very easily. This is where | | | | high magnification as long as you brace your binoculars |
| you will see a large amount of mountains, deep plains, | | | | by using a bipod or tripod to give you still views. Higher |
| and gigantic craters that go on forever. The farther | | | | powered binoculars will give you great views with a |
| from the terminator line you move, the terrain | | | | tripod. When you have learned how to aim and focus |
| becomes seems softer. Landscape looks very rigid at | | | | binoculars, you will be amazed how much time you will |
| the edge when it is close to the bright area. The sun | | | | spend gazing at the moon's beautiful features. |