NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The table below shows the planned observing times for NASA’s Lunar Impact Monitoring Program based upon the viewing geometry from Huntsville, Alabama, USA (CST/CDT). Observations of the un-illuminated portion of the moon are conducted when sunlight illuminates 10 to 50% of the moon’s Earth-facing surface. Observations are further constrained by the times of moon rise/set and twilight.

Description
Column 1: Month.

Column 2: Day. The two numbers given are the dates for the evening and the morning, local time. For evening apparitions the first date applies, for morning ones the second number applies. Both are given because the times for moonrise or moonset may cross local midnight during a given group of observations.

Columns 3-4: The times (CST or CDT) of moonrise/moonset and civil twilight are given for Huntsville, Alabama. To observe from your location: These times can be used to approximate observation times in your time zone but they will be a few minutes different depending on your latitude and longitude difference from the meridian of your time zone. To correlate possible impact flashes in your data to flash candidates listed by the Lunar Impact Monitoring Program: At the time you detect the flash you need to make sure the moon was still visible from Huntsville. (It may be best to convert all times to UT; flash candidates given on the main Lunar Impact Monitoring webpage are listed in UT.)

Column 5: The lunar phase is shown as the fractional illumination where 0.0 is new moon, 0.5 is first or last quarter, and 1.0 is full moon. Observations occur between 0.1 and 0.5, however glare can be a problem near 0.5 illumination. This value is computed at 8:00pm Central Time for evening observation periods and 2:00am for morning observations.

	Morning	Moonrise	Twilight	Phase
Oct	11/12	0:35	6:24	0.40
Oct	12/13	1:46	6:25	0.29
Oct	13/14	2:55	6:26	0.19
Oct	14/15	4:03	6:27	0.11
	Evening	Twilight	Moonset	Phase
Oct	21/22	18:30	20:18	0.15
Oct	22/23	18:28	21:11	0.23
Oct	23/24	18:27	22:07	0.32
Oct	24/25	18:26	23:05	0.41
DST ends on 1 Nov.
	Morning	Moonrise	Twilight	Phase
Nov	9/10	23:47	5:49	0.42
Nov	10/11	0:54	5:50	0.32
Nov	11/12	1:59	5:51	0.22
Nov	12/13	3:04	5:52	0.13
	Evening	Twilight	Moonset	Phase
Nov	19/20	17:06	20:18	0.10
Nov	20/21	17:06	19:54	0.17
Nov	21/22	17:06	20:51	0.25
Nov	22/23	17:05	21:49	0.33
Nov	23/24	17:05	22:45	0.42
	Morning	Moonrise	Twilight	Phase
Dec	8/9	23:53	6:14	0.46
Dec	9/10	0:57	6:15	0.36
Dec	10/11	2:01	6:15	0.26
Dec	11/12	3:05	6:16	0.17
Dec	12/13	4:08	6:17	0.10
	Evening	Twilight	Moonset	Phase
Dec	19/20	17:07	19:39	0.11
Dec	20/21	17:07	20:36	0.18
Dec	21/22	17:08	21:32	0.26
Dec	22/23	17:08	22:27	0.34
Dec	23/24	17:09	23:23	0.44

Additional Links
> Automated Lunar and Meteor Observatory (ALaMO) Weather Conditions
> Huntsville Clear Sky Chart
> National Weather Service - Huntsville

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> Walker County Observatory Clear Sky Chart
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