Photograph of Nearly Full Moon Taken from Apollo 8
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Photograph of Nearly Full Moon Taken from Apollo 8
December 1968
Gelatin silver print
Image: 18.7 x 16.5 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Overall: 25.6 x 20.3 cm (10 1/16 x 8 in.)
Gift of Glenn E. Matthews
2011.0097.0004
Inscriptions verso (typed in purple ink): [NASA logo] NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION/ HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058/ FOR RELEASE:/ PHOTO NO. / AS8-14-2506/ THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION ---- NOT SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT./ It may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee/ of commercial product, process or service, or used in any other manner that might mis-/lead. Accordingly, it is requested that if this photograph is used in advertising, posters,/ books, etc., layout and copy be submitted to NASA prior to release. NASA MSC also/ requests written notification of any uses of this photograph in scientific-engineering projects./ COLOR/ DEC 1968 AS8-14-2506/ MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS/
APOLLO 8 MOON VIEW----This Photograph of a nearly full moon/ was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft at a point above 70/ degrees east longitude. (HOLD PICTURE WITH MOON'S DARK PORTION AT LEFT.) Mare Crisium,/ the circular, dark-colored area near the center, is near the/ eastern edge of the moon as viewed from earth. Mare Nectaris/ is the circular mare near the terminator. The large, irregular/ maria are Tranquillitatis and Fecunditatis. The terminator at/ left side of picture crosses Mare Tranquillitatis and highlands/ to the south. Lunar farside features occupy most of the right/ half of the picture. The large, dark-colored crater Tsiolkovsky/ is near the limb at the lower right. Conspicuous bright rays/ radiate from two large craters, one to the north of Tsiolkovsky,/ the other near the limb in the upper half of the picture. These/ rayed craters were not conspicuous in Lunar Orbiter photography/ due to the low sun elevations when the Lunar Orbiter photogra-/phy was made. The crater Langrenus is near the center of the/ picture at the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. The/ lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indi-/cated by this print.
recto (typed in black ink): NASA AS8-14-2506
APOLLO 8 MOON VIEW----This Photograph of a nearly full moon/ was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft at a point above 70/ degrees east longitude. (HOLD PICTURE WITH MOON'S DARK PORTION AT LEFT.) Mare Crisium,/ the circular, dark-colored area near the center, is near the/ eastern edge of the moon as viewed from earth. Mare Nectaris/ is the circular mare near the terminator. The large, irregular/ maria are Tranquillitatis and Fecunditatis. The terminator at/ left side of picture crosses Mare Tranquillitatis and highlands/ to the south. Lunar farside features occupy most of the right/ half of the picture. The large, dark-colored crater Tsiolkovsky/ is near the limb at the lower right. Conspicuous bright rays/ radiate from two large craters, one to the north of Tsiolkovsky,/ the other near the limb in the upper half of the picture. These/ rayed craters were not conspicuous in Lunar Orbiter photography/ due to the low sun elevations when the Lunar Orbiter photogra-/phy was made. The crater Langrenus is near the center of the/ picture at the eastern edge of Mare Fecunditatis. The/ lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indi-/cated by this print.
recto (typed in black ink): NASA AS8-14-2506
