Data and Visibility of the Moon for Impact Orbit +1

Nominal impact Orbit +1 (10:47:49.998 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, the impact will happen minutes before.

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 +1. Image captured by the Virtuel Atlas of la Lune by Christian Legrand and Patrick Chevalley

Visibility of the Moon

Right Ascension (J2000) = 18h51m43,7 s
Declination (J2000)= -27º26'57"
Earth-Moon distance = 373.963 km
Apparent lunar diameter = 31,95'
Phase = 59,4°
Lunation = 10,65 days
Illumination = 75,5%

1 Orbit after Impact

Time: 2006/09/03 10:47:49.998 UT
Longitude (W91): 310,96356203210 deg
Latitude (W91) : -36,42740130684 deg
Height: 2149.739 meters below 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 +1 orbit signed by the author. Photo IV-148-H3 of the Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon - Lunar and Planetary Institute - LPI.


























Image obtained by the spacecraft SMART-1. Credits: ESA/Space-X Space Exploration Institute.



















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............. 07:47 day 03.... -38°18' .......... -20°01'
Buenos Aires, Argentina.... 07:47 day 03.... -25° 35'.......... +07°06'
Paris, France................. 11:47 day 03.... -50° 25'........... +46°41'
Cananga, Rep. of Congo.... 12:47 day 03.... -19° 57'........... +75°48'
Rome, Italy................... 11:47 day 03.... -44° 23'........... +55°19'
Madrid, Spain................ 11:47 day 03.... -56° 28'........... +51°57'
Washington D.C., U.S.A.... 05:47 day 03.... -58°45' ........... +01°27'
Lisbon, Portugal............. 10:47 day 03.... -60° 50'........... +50°32'
Mexico City, Mexico......... 04:47 day 03.... -37°14'............ -21°35'
Sydney, Australia............ 20:47 day 03.... +77°28'(w)........ -38°59'
Santiago, Chile.............. 06:47 day 02.... -22°53' ........... -02°07'
Tucson, Arizona (USA)...... 03:47 day 02.... -31°07' ........... -26°20'
Havaii, USA.................. 00:47 day 02.... +09°13' (w)....... -61°52'