Thank you both, very much. As thin as a 22 hr old Moon was and how = little time I had to see it, I can see where a much thinner Moon would be very difficult. Steve Coe -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Tejera Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:35 AM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Thin Moon on Thursday evening Steve, According to SkyMap Pro, the moon from Antennas was new at 0344UT 7 Feb, which would be 2044 Local 6 Feb. That makes the moon 22 hours 1 minute = old when you saw it. (In SkyMap go to: Tools->Phenomena-> Phases of the moon). Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org saguaroastro@xxxxxxx=20 -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Coe Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 0:26 To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Thin Moon on Thursday evening Hello all; I want to post an observation then see if someone can help me with some information. On Thursday, Feb. 7 from the Antennas site near Quartzsite I saw a very = thin Moon at 18:45 MST. I first spotted it with 8X42 binoculars, pointed the refractor at it and could look down the tube of the scope and see it = naked eye. This was for only 2 minutes or so before it set over the distant mountains. There were two breaks in the wire thin crescent that ran for about 120 degrees of arc. So, my question is: how many hours had elapsed since New Moon? Or, how young was this very thin Moon at that date and time, given as hours old? = I can't get either of the planetarium programs to give me that information = in that format. If someone else has a program other than Sky Map Pro or Starcalc that will supply that info, I would like to hear about it. Thank you; Steve Coe -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.