20090101-027-moon-10241st day of a new year, start it out with observing in the -18C cold!
This is an image of the 5.44 day old moon, 1/160 sec through Starbuck, our 20cm telescope. Virtual Moon Atlas tells us the biggest crater on the terminator near the centre of the crescent is Theophilus. This crater is 100kmx100km and forms a trio of craters with Cyrillus and Catharina.