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Credit & Copyright: Guy Bardon
Explanation:
When the Moon
is at its first quarter phase, the Sun rises along the
Montes Caucasus
as seen from the lunar surface.
The lunar mountain range casts the magnificent, spire-like shadows
in this telescopic view from planet Earth,
looking along the lunar terminator or
the boundary between lunar night and day.
Named for Earth's own Caucasus Mountains, the rugged lunar
Montes Caucasus
peaks, up to 6 kilometers high,
are located between the smooth Mare Imbrium to the west
and Mare Serenitatis to the east.
Still mostly in shadow in this first quarter
lunarscape,
at the left (west) impact craters reflect the light of the rising Sun
along their outer, eastern crater walls.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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See also:
- APOD: 2026 August 25 Á Earths Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
- APOD: 2026 May 11 Á Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
- APOD: 2026 May 9 Á Messier Craters in Stereo
- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
- APOD: 2026 April 11 Á Artemis II: Flight Day 6
- The Bay of Rainbows
- Earthset from Orion