Observing the Moon – south-east quadrant

Here are more features visible with amateur astronomers’ telescopes as the Moon grows from a crescent to First Quarter phase following New Moon. Mare Fecunditatis, the Sea of Fertility, and Mare Nectaris, the Sea of Nectar, are the dark lava plains that dominate the south-eastern quadrant of the Moon.

They are easy to see in binoculars. While the Moon is still a fine crescent, use your telescope to look for the large and easy to spot craters of Langrenus, Vendelinus and Petavius.

More and more impact sites will come into view as the lunar phase grows and the crater-strewn southern region of the Moon becomes visible.

For an alternative, inverted view, here is a chart with south at the top.

You can download a check sheet for the entire list of 50 features here! (PDF file).

Our list of 50 features
1. Albategnius 2. Alphonsus 3. Alpine Valley 4. Altai scarp 5. Apennines 6. Archimedes 7. Aristarchus 8. Aristillus 9. Aristoteles 10. Arzachel 11. Autolycus 12. Bessel 13. Birt 14. Bullialdus 15. Catharina 16. Clavius 17. Copernicus 18. Cyrillus 19. Endymion 20. Eudoxus 21. Fracastorius 22. Gassendi 23. Grimaldi 24. Herodotus 25. Hevelius	26. Hipparchus 27. Kepler 28. Lamont 29. Langrenus 30. Linné 31. Menelaus 32. Petavius 33. Piccolomini 34. Plato 35. Posidonius 36. Proclus 37. Ptolemaeus 38. Purbach 39. Regiomontanus 40. Riccioli 41. Rümker 42. Schickard 43. Schiller 44. Stöfler 45. Straight Wall 46. Theophilus 47. Tycho 48. Vendelinus 49. Walter 50. Wargentin