Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis

Lunar Image Gallery - Sunrise/Sunset Light Ray Predictions

The table below provides a complete chronological series for all lunations in 2003-2004 using Harry Jamieson's DOS-based LUNAR TOOLKIT software for the light ray targets defined by Roberton. Since these predictions are driven by the solar illuminating angle, I decided to use a viewing angle of +2°.

Sunrise/Sunset Lunar Light Ray Predictions
Year	Month	Day	Time (UT)	Crater	Solar Elevation (°)
2003	1	9	19:41	ABENEZRA C	-1.05
		9	19:59	HYPATIA	-1.05
		10	03:37	BURNHAM	-1.06
		10	04:11	HALLEY	-1.06
		11	04:18	MAGINUS	-1.07
		11	22:24	RENART	-1.08
		12	01:08	HESIODUS	-1.08
		12	21:40	MERCATOR	-1.09
		24	11:29	LADE	-1.30
		24	11:29	LILIUS	-1.30
		25	09:36	WALTER	-1.32
			13:24	ARCHIMEDES	-1.32
			13:52	PTOLEMAEUS	-1.32
		26	14:50	PITATUS	-1.34
	2	6	23:00	POSIDONIUS	-1.50
		7	03:53	TORRICELLI	-1.50
		7	23:07	GEMMA FRISIUS	-1.50
		8	18:35	HALLEY	-1.50
		9	01:59	BARROW	-1.50
		9	03:46	CURTIUS	-1.50
		10	22:44	CICHUS A	-1.50
		11	00:47	LONGOMONTANUS	-1.50
		11	03:40	PALUS EPIDEMIA	-1.50
		13	09:23	SCHILLER C	-1.50
		14	10:33	BABBAGE	-1.50
		19	11:49	MARE CRISIUM	-1.51
	3	8	17:52	TORRICELLI	-1.53
		9	20:17	STOFLER	-1.51
		9	23:50	ABENEZRA C	-1.51
		10	00:25	HYPATIA	-1.51
		10	20:19	REAUMUR	-1.50
		12	02:07	RENART	-1.48
		12	05:06	HESIODUS	-1.48
		13	01:37	MERCATOR	-1.47
		14	23:24	SCHILLER C	-1.44
		16	00:05	BABBAGE	-1.42
		24	15:19	LILIUS	-1.29
		24	15:21	LADE	-1.29
		25	13:22	WALTER	-1.28
	4	7	01:41	POSIDONIUS	-1.13
		8	02:42	GEMMA FRISIUS	-1.11
			21:09	BURNHAM	-1.09
			21:43	HALLEY	-1.09
		9	02:33	BARROW	-1.08
		9	21:47	MAGINUS	-1.06
		11	02:16	CICHUS A	-1.03
			04:45	LONGOMONTANUS	-1.03
			07:08	PALUS EPIDEMIA	-1.03
	5	6	19:19	TORRICELLI	-0.43
		7	23:25	STOFLER	-0.40
		8	01:46	HYPATIA	-0.39
			01:53	ABENEZRA C	-0.39
			21:34	REAUMUR	-0.37
		9	00:12	CURTIUS	-0.36
		10	05:12	RENART	-0.32
		10	07:27	HESIODUS	-0.32
		11	03:56	MERCATOR	-0.29
		13	03:46	SCHILLER C	-0.22
		22	08:54	CALIPPUS	0.08
			11:48	LILIUS	0.09
			15:35	LADE	0.09
		23	11:50	WALTER	0.11
		23	17:26	PTOLEMAEUS	0.11
		24	17:05	PITATUS	0.13
6	4	23:26	POSIDONIUS	0.36
	6	04:12	GEMMA FRISIUS	0.39
		21:20	BURNHAM	0.41
		21:35	HALLEY	0.41
	8	00:44	MAGINUS	0.45
	9	03:42	CICHUS A	0.49
	12	05:23	BABBAGE	0.60
	20	14:39	MAUROLYCUS	0.84
	25	19:01	LACROIX G	0.91
7	4	17:54	TORRICELLI	1.05
	6	00:15	STOFLER	1.08
		00:19	HYPATIA	1.08
		00:25	BARROW	1.08
		01:19	ABENEZRA C	1.08
		19:58	REAUMUR	1.10
	7	05:27	CURTIUS	1.11
	8	06:00	RENART	1.14
	9	03:46	MERCATOR	1.16
	11	06:05	SCHILLER C	1.22
	20	08:59	CALIPPUS	1.38
	20	13:32	LADE	1.38
	21	08:12	WALTER	1.39
		15:02	PTOLEMAEUS	1.39
		18:27	ARCHIMEDES	1.39
	22	13:39	PITATUS	1.39
8	2	20:02	POSIDONIUS	1.45
	4	03:34	GEMMA FRISIUS	1.46
		19:47	BURNHAM	1.47
		19:49	HALLEY	1.47
	6	01:08	MAGINUS	1.49
	7	03:03	CICHUS A	1.51
	15	13:31	MARE CRISIUM	1.59
	18	11:24	MAUROLYCUS	1.57
	18	16:49	LILIUS	1.57
	23	16:14	LACROIX G	1.52
9	2	20:36	BARROW	1.46
		22:47	HYPATIA	1.46
		23:19	STOFLER	1.46
	3	00:01	ABENEZRA C	1.46
	5	05:03	RENART	1.46
	6	02:38	MERCATOR	1.46
	8	05:21	SCHILLER C	1.46
	17	05:12	LILIUS	1.35
		07:49	CALIPPUS	1.34
		12:26	LADE	1.34
	18	07:14	WALTER	1.32
		14:01	PTOLEMAEUS	1.32
		17:20	ARCHIMEDES	1.31
	19	12:45	PITATUS	1.30
	30	20:00	POSIDONIUS	1.07
10	2	02:37	GEMMA FRISIUS	1.06
	3	23:44	MAGINUS	1.03
	5	02:07	CICHUS A	1.02
	8	02:02	BABBAGE	0.97
	13	13:07	MARE CRISIUM	0.84
	16	13:11	MAUROLYCUS	0.76
	21	18:16	LACROIX G	0.61
	31	22:39	STOFLER	0.33
	31	23:52	HYPATIA	0.33
11	1	00:25	ABENEZRA C	0.33
	2	01:26	CURTIUS	0.31
	3	04:23	RENART	0.28
	3	06:15	HESIODUS	0.28
	4	02:45	MERCATOR	0.26
	6	03:21	SCHILLER C	0.21
	15	07:42	CALIPPUS	-0.06
		11:15	LILIUS	-0.06
		14:38	LADE	-0.07
	16	11:13	WALTER	-0.09
		16:40	PTOLEMAEUS	-0.10
		17:57	ARCHIMEDES	-0.10
	17	16:38	PITATUS	-0.13
	29	00:48	POSIDONIUS	-0.46
	30	03:33	GEMMA FRISIUS	-0.49
		21:29	BURNHAM	-0.51
		21:56	HALLEY	-0.51
		23:16	BARROW	-0.51
12	1	23:10	MAGINUS	-0.53
	3	03:07	CICHUS A	-0.56
	3	06:03	LONGOMONTANUS	-0.56
	16	07:13	PTOLEMAEUS	-0.89
	16	07:22	ARCHIMEDES	-0.89
	28	21:30	TORRICELLI	-1.17
	30	00:27	STOFLER	-1.19
		03:42	ABENEZRA C	-1.19
		22:45	CURTIUS	-1.21
	31	00:01	REAUMUR	-1.21
2004	1	1	06:16	RENART	-1.23
		1	21:37	PALUS EPIDEMIA	-1.24
		2	05:38	MERCATOR	-1.25
		4	03:42	SCHILLER C	-1.28
		5	03:32	BABBAGE	-1.29
		10	05:40	MARE CRISIUM	-1.36
		13	10:28	CALIPPUS	-1.39
		13	11:24	MAUROLYCUS	-1.39
		18	16:02	LACROIX G	-1.45
		28	18:40	HYPATIA	-1.54
		29	02:07	BURNHAM	-1.54
		29	02:47	HALLEY	-1.54
		30	01:55	MAGINUS	-1.55
			20:19	RENART	-1.55
			23:21	HESIODUS	-1.55
		31	06:54	CICHUS A	-1.55
	2	12	10:07	LADE	-1.51
		12	10:41	LILIUS	-1.51
		13	08:27	WALTER	-1.50
			11:48	ARCHIMEDES	-1.50
			12:32	PTOLEMAEUS	-1.50
		14	13:36	PITATUS	-1.50
		25	21:24	POSIDONIUS	-1.45
		26	02:21	TORRICELLI	-1.45
		26	21:38	GEMMA FRISIUS	-1.44
		27	04:53	STOFLER	-1.44
		28	00:01	BARROW	-1.43
			02:32	CURTIUS	-1.43
			04:49	REAUMUR	-1.43
		29	21:15	CICHUS A	-1.41
		29	23:24	LONGOMONTANUS	-1.41
	3	1	02:11	PALUS EPIDEMIA	-1.41
		3	08:07	SCHILLER C	-1.38
		4	08:25	BABBAGE	-1.36
		9	10:15	MARE CRISIUM	-1.25
		17	19:38	LACROIX G	-1.09
		27	19:11	STOFLER	-0.93
			22:10	ABENEZRA C	-0.93
			22:23	HYPATIA	-0.93
		28	06:03	BURNHAM	-0.92
			06:35	HALLEY	-0.92
			18:15	REAUMUR	-0.91
			18:22	CURTIUS	-0.91
		29	07:00	MAGINUS	-0.90
		30	01:00	RENART	-0.88
		30	03:37	HESIODUS	-0.88
		31	00:07	MERCATOR	-0.86
	4	1	23:00	SCHILLER C	-0.80
		11	10:43	LILIUS	-0.50
		11	12:53	LADE	-0.50
		12	09:54	WALTER	-0.48
			14:57	PTOLEMAEUS	-0.47
			15:42	ARCHIMEDES	-0.47
		13	15:06	PITATUS	-0.45
		24	21:51	POSIDONIUS	-0.21
		25	04:29	TORRICELLI	-0.20
		26	01:13	GEMMA FRISIUS	-0.18
			18:26	BARROW	-0.16
			18:51	BURNHAM	-0.16
			19:14	HALLEY	-0.16
		27	06:44	REAUMUR	-0.15
		27	21:13	MAGINUS	-0.13
		29	00:45	CICHUS A	-0.10
			04:07	LONGOMONTANUS	-0.09
05:29			PALUS EPIDEMIA	-0.09
5	2	05:19	BABBAGE	0.01
	10	13:47	MAUROLYCUS	0.29
	15	18:02	LACROIX G	0.41
	25	21:54	STOFLER	0.62
		22:40	HYPATIA	0.62
		23:24	ABENEZRA C	0.62
	26	01:29	BARROW	0.62
	27	01:42	CURTIUS	0.65
	28	03:39	RENART	0.68
	28	05:16	HESIODUS	0.68
	29	01:43	MERCATOR	0.70
	31	03:14	SCHILLER C	0.76
6	9	12:06	LADE	1.02
	10	13:42	PTOLEMAEUS	1.04
	10	16:37	ARCHIMEDES	1.04
	11	12:36	PITATUS	1.05
	22	18:51	POSIDONIUS	1.21
	23	03:25	TORRICELLI	1.21
	24	01:46	GEMMA FRISIUS	1.23
	25	05:29	REAUMUR	1.25
	25	23:04	MAGINUS	1.26
	27	01:12	CICHUS A	1.28
		05:45	PALUS EPIDEMIA	1.28
		05:51	LONGOMONTANUS	1.28
7	5	11:48	MARE CRISIUM	1.43
	8	09:58	MAUROLYCUS	1.46
	8	15:29	LILIUS	1.46
	9	17:36	WALTER	1.47
	13	14:32	LACROIX G	1.49
	23	21:26	STOFLER	1.52
	23	22:05	ABENEZRA C	1.52
	25	03:50	CURTIUS	1.52
	26	03:06	RENART	1.53
	26	04:11	HESIODUS	1.53
	27	00:37	MERCATOR	1.53
	29	03:26	SCHILLER C	1.54
8	7	10:02	LADE	1.53
	8	11:31	PTOLEMAEUS	1.52
	8	15:08	ARCHIMEDES	1.52
	9	10:03	PITATUS	1.52
	21	01:35	TORRICELLI	1.41
	22	00:08	GEMMA FRISIUS	1.40
	23	03:39	REAUMUR	1.39
	23	21:33	MAGINUS	1.38
	24	23:33	CICHUS A	1.37
	25	04:04	PALUS EPIDEMIA	1.37
	25	04:17	LONGOMONTANUS	1.37
9	2	10:05	MARE CRISIUM	1.26
	5	08:55	MAUROLYCUS	1.20
		14:43	LILIUS	1.20
		16:41	CALIPPUS	1.20
	6	16:30	WALTER	1.18
	10	13:47	LACROIX G	1.11
	20	20:41	ABENEZRA C	0.90
	20	20:58	BARROW	0.90
	21	23:53	CURTIUS	0.87
	23	01:07	RENART	0.85
	23	02:37	HESIODUS	0.85
	26	00:35	SCHILLER C	0.78
10	5	09:51	LADE	0.53
	6	11:40	PTOLEMAEUS	0.50
	6	13:49	ARCHIMEDES	0.50
	7	11:05	PITATUS	0.48
	19	23:03	GEMMA FRISIUS	0.15
	21	04:12	REAUMUR	0.12
	22	22:31	CICHUS A	0.07
	23	02:01	LONGOMONTANUS	0.06
	23	03:13	PALUS EPIDEMIA	0.06
	26	03:10	BABBAGE	-0.03
	31	10:13	MARE CRISIUM	-0.20
11	3	12:58	MAUROLYCUS	-0.28
	3	15:46	CALIPPUS	-0.29
	8	17:50	LACROIX G	-0.41
	18	21:52	ABENEZRA C	-0.67
	21	00:52	RENART	-0.73
		03:23	HESIODUS	-0.74
		23:53	MERCATOR	-0.76
	23	22:43	SCHILLER C	-0.82
12	3	12:27	LILIUS	-1.04
	3	13:09	LADE	-1.04
	4	10:56	WALTER	-1.06
		15:21	ARCHIMEDES	-1.06
		15:27	PTOLEMAEUS	-1.06
	5	16:12	PITATUS	-1.08
	17	00:26	POSIDONIUS	-1.27
	18	01:06	GEMMA FRISIUS	-1.29
	18	20:22	HALLEY	-1.31
	19	02:37	BARROW	-1.31
	21	00:43	CICHUS A	-1.35
		02:54	LONGOMONTANUS	-1.35
		05:37	PALUS EPIDEMIA	-1.35
	29	13:43	MARE CRISIUM	-1.47