BADAS observing resources

Lunar Observing Planner

A practical lunar guide using hourly NASA Moon visualisations and astronomical calculations.

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Location / Time Zone Blackpool Cricket Club / Europe/London

The Current Moon

NASA SVS current Moon phase and libration image

Click the overlay buttons below to show major lunar features or Lunar 100 targets for the current lunar age (days since last New Moon). Some suggestions may fall just outside the current visibility window.

Open annotated NASA chart (TIF approx 15MB) Open NASA SVS source

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Moon imagery: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio from their "Dial-a-Moon" API. Images are geocentric and broadly north-up for northern hemisphere viewing.

Lunar 100 planner

Use the filters to show features matched to the current lunar age, or browse the whole Lunar 100 list. Age matching uses the waxing and waning observing windows in the Lunar 100 duplex table.

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