{"id":8196,"date":"2025-08-31T21:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/?p=8196"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T04:53:23","slug":"waxing-gibbous-moon-and-craters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/31\/waxing-gibbous-moon-and-craters\/","title":{"rendered":"Waxing Gibbous Moon and Craters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250831-lunar-craters-waxing-gibbous.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250831-lunar-craters-waxing-gibbous.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250831-lunar-craters-waxing-gibbous.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250831-lunar-craters-waxing-gibbous-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250831-lunar-craters-waxing-gibbous-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clickable image: The image taken slightly past first quarter lunar phase makes craters near the light to dark region more pronounced. Leo-AI explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lunar craters are depressions on the Moon&#8217;s surface formed by asteroid, meteoroid, or comet impacts. They are a record of the Moon&#8217;s impact history, providing valuable information about the early solar system&#8217;s asteroid-pummeled past. The Moon&#8217;s surface is relatively preserved due to the lack of liquid water and wind, making it an ideal location to study impact craters.<\/p>\n<p>During the first quarter phase, the Moon is illuminated from the right, making it visible from Earth. This phase is characterized by a half-illuminated Moon with a right half visible and a left half in shadow. Many notable lunar craters are visible during this phase, including: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tycho crater: A complex crater with a central peak complex, terraces, and a flat floor.<\/li>\n<li>Giordano Bruno crater: A complex crater with a central peak and terraces, formed about 10 million years ago.<\/li>\n<li>Linn\u00e9 crater: A young simple crater, thought to be less than 10 million years old, with a smooth floor and a diameter of about 1.4 miles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These craters are just a few examples of the many impact craters visible on the Moon&#8217;s surface during the first quarter phase. The Moon&#8217;s surface is constantly changing due to meteoroid impacts, and studying these craters helps scientists understand the Moon&#8217;s history and the early solar system&#8217;s asteroid-pummeled past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clickable image: The image taken slightly past first quarter lunar phase makes craters near the light to dark region more pronounced. Leo-AI explains: Lunar craters are&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,9,3,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-nerd-stuff","category-photography","category-something-shiny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8199,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196\/revisions\/8199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vernabob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}