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Table 2

Overview of the Moon geometry during the HIRS measurements.

Date & APmag Δ α Diameter Ob-lon Ob-lat
time [mag] [km] [°] [′′] & [sr] [°] [°]
1993-11-25 17:39 −11.57 4.06832E+05 −40.1 1761.737 5.72946e-05 359.1 −4.8
1992-02-15 19:54 −11.96 3.62777E+05 −34.6 1975.683 7.20553e-05 357.5 +0.6
1990-11-27 05:04 −10.83 3.80571E+05 −70.8 1883.305 6.54746e-05 351.2 −5.4
1989-03-17 03:31 −11.11 3.98021E+05 −57.5 1800.737 5.98594e-05 6.8 −4.9
2000-04-14 10:50 −11.31 3.79167E+05 −53.7 1890.279 6.59604e-05 2.9 −3.3
1997-12-08 21:52 −10.93 3.71395E+05 −69.2 1929.837 6.87500e-05 358.7 +2.7
1997-06-15 05:05 −10.74 4.00922E+05 −68.0 1787.708 5.89963e-05 355.4 −1.5
1996-10-23 00:30 −11.58 3.70828E+05 −46.3 1932.785 6.89602e-05 2.1 −1.8
1996-05-28 20:58 −11.32 3.86040E+05 −51.1 1856.626 6.36327e-05 354.0 +0.6
1995-12-03 07:13 −11.60 3.97263E+05 −40.8 1804.172 6.00880e-05 6.8 +0.7
2019-12-14 09:47 −12.06 3.77946E+05 28.0 1896.384 6.63883e-05 356.5 −2.2
2018-12-24 11:44 −12.23 3.63363E+05 24.8 1972.498 7.18232e-05 0.4 −0.8
2003-01-24 01:19 −10.79 3.71946E+05 73.8 1926.978 6.85465e-05 0.7 −4.7
2002-09-26 07:01 −11.26 4.04338E+05 50.5 1772.604 5.80036e-05 354.8 +1.3
2018-11-26 17:59 −11.58 3.68917E+05 47.5 1942.799 6.96767e-05 0.5 +0.0
2018-04-02 09:27 −12.07 3.88859E+05 23.8 1843.164 6.27133e-05 5.2 −5.6
2011-03-14 10:32 −10.74 3.81174E+05 −73.1 1880.327 6.52677e-05 351.2 +0.7
2017-12-02 12:49 −12.47 3.63073E+05 −15.6 1974.071 7.19378e-05 357.5 +6.5
2012-03-04 05:07 −11.30 3.88740E+05 −53.2 1843.731 6.27529e-05 353.9 +3.7
2011-11-16 23:42 −10.79 3.87761E+05 70.6 1848.384 6.30690e-05 354.1 +4.8
2019-07-21 07:57 −11.27 4.07689E+05 48.7 1758.035 5.70541e-05 357.9 +6.8
2015-02-07 05:12 −11.71 4.08035E+05 34.7 1756.543 5.69573e-05 357.3 +2.9

Notes. APmag is the apparent visual magnitude of the Moon; Δ is the satellite-Moon distance in kilometer; α the phase angle (Sun–Moon–Satellite): positive values if the Moon is leading the Sun and negative values when the Moon is trailing the Sun; the diameter of the Moon’s full disk is given via the equatorial angular width (in arcsec and steradian), Ob-lon and Ob-lat give the apparent sub-observer longitude and latitude values. The sub-Solar longitude and latitude is not listed, but the sub-Solar latitude varies only between −1.6 and +1.5°.

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