Data and Visibility of the Moon for Impact Orbit -1

Nominal Impact Orbit -1 (00:37:54.709 UT)

These are the last orbit prediction we have for SMART-1.The reference system is W91 and the topographic data is from the NASA Clementine mission.
The data is from the perilune of the orbit.

Revised impact predictions have been generated based on the SMART-1 orbit determination from 1 September 2006.
The calculations include a scheduled manoeuvre in the night of 1/2 September to raise the perilune by 600 m in order to maximise the chance to impact at the nominal perilune.

Lacus Excellentiae. Time of Impact orbit -1Image captured by the Virtuel Atlas of la Lune by Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley

Visibility of the Moon

Right Ascension(J2000) = 18h22m44,3s
Declination (J2000) = -28º46'32"
Earth-Moon distance = 377.867 km
Apparent lunar diameter = 31,62'
Phase = 64,8°
Lunation = 10,23 days
Illumination = 71,3%

1 Orbit Before Impact

Time: 2006/09/03 00:37:54.709 UT
Longitude (W91): 316,50051484751 deg
Latitude (W91) : -36,46925842646 deg
Height: 2056.054 meters over topographic surface.

Impact signed by the autor. Lunar Aeronautical Chart Footprint, Moon General Image Viewer, U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Department of the Interior.

Impact signed by the autor. Moon General Image Viewer, Planetary Interactive G.I.S. on the web, U.S. Geological Survey - U.S. Department of the Interior.

Impact signed by the author. Photo IV-148-H3 of the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon - Lunar and Planetary Institute - LPI.

Impact signed by the author. Images obtained by the spacecraft Clementine. Credit: NASA.



















Day/Night on Earth. Image captured by the author with the Earth View Program. Credit: Earth View, Earth and Moon Viewer by John Walker.

The Moon view shows the area of the Earth where the Moon is above the horizon. Credit: Day and Night Across the Earth, U.S. Naval Observatory.





Location........................Local Time.....Alt. Moon.........Alt. Sun

São Paulo, Brazil............. 21:37 day 02.... +63°26' (w)....... -50°40'
Buenos Aires, Argentina.... 21:37 day 02.... +74° 08'(w)....... -37°19'
Paris, France................. 01:37 day 03.... -13° 58'........... -31°47'
Cananga, Rep. of Congo.... 02:37 day 03.... -04° 13'........... -57°19'
Rome, Italy................... 01:37 day 03.... -17° 19'........... -35°45'
Madrid, Spain................ 01:37 day 03.... -05° 57'........... -40°55'
Washington D.C., U.S.A.... 19:37 day 02.... +21°44' (w)........ -11°50'
Lisbon, Portugal............. 00:37 day 03.... -01° 34'........... -42°56'
Mexico City, Mexico......... 18:37 day 02.... +36°03'............ +02°10'
Sydney, Australia............ 10:37 day 03.... -14°03'............. +44°40'
Santiago, Chile.............. 20:37 day 02.... +83°32' (w)........ -27°49'
Tucson, Arizona (USA)...... 17:37 day 02.... +19°37' (w)........ +13°31'
Havaii, USA.................. 14:37 day 02.... -00°25'............. +54°05'