1706 May 12

N/A

Three sparkling spots

N/A

Bode 1792a

1715 May 3, ~09h30

N/A

"Lightning" on the face of the moon. De Louville explained this as storms. Halley reference uses Old Style date.

Louville, Halley

Louville 1715; Halley 1715; Schroter 1791; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1725 Aug 16

Plato

A track of ruddy light, like a beam, crossing the middle of the obscure (shadowed) area (crater in darkness)

Bianchini

Hesp. Phos. Phaenom. 1728; Sirius 1887; Wilkins 1958

1738 Aug 4, 16h31m

N/A

During solar eclipse, appearance like lightning on the face of the moon (Partial eclipse)

Friend of Weidler

Phil. Trans. 1739

1751 Apr 22

Plato

Yellow streak of light across crater floor while crater was in darkness

Short, Stephens, Harris

Sirius 1887

1772 Oct 11, ~17h13m

N/A

Bright spot on disk of fully eclipsed moon

Beccaria's nephew and niece

Beccaria 1781; Klado 1965

1774 Jul 25

Mare Crisium

Four bright spots. Peculiar behaviour of terminator

Eysenhard

Webb 1962 ed., pp. 106-107

1778 Jun 14, ~15h38m

N/A; 1 1/2 min

During solar eclipse, observed spot near lunar limb almost as bright as sun

Ulloa

Ulloa 1779, 1780; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.; Klado 1965

1783 Mar 18 or Sep 10

N/A

Moving glows around middle of disk during lunar eclipse

Messier

Liais 1865; Pop. Astr. 1894-95

1783 Mar

Near Aristarchus

Bright points seen during observation of star occultation

W.Herschel

Schroter 1791

1783 May 4

Aristarchus, vicinity

Red spot, 4th mag, diameter <3"

W.Herschel, Mrs Lind

Herschel 1912

1784

Aristarchus

Nebulous bright spot of light

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1785

Aristarchus

Nebulous bright spot of light

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1786 Dec 24

Aristarchus

Extraordinarily bright

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1787 Mar

Dark side

Three bright spots

W.Herschel

Schroter 1791

1787 Apr 19

Dark side

Three "volcanoes." The brightest, 3'57"3 from N limb, the other two much farther toward the center of the moon

W.Herschel

Herschel 1787, 1912

1787 Apr 20

Dark side

Brightest "volcano" even brighter and at least 3 miles in diameter

W.Herschel

Herschel 1787, 1912

1787 May 19-20 

Aristarchus

Extraordinarily bright

von Bruhl

Bode 1790; Schroter 1791; Herschel 1912

1787 May 22

Helicon

N/A

Villeneuve

Lalande 1792 (1966)

1788 Jan 11

Near Plato

Bright spot on dark side

Observers in Mannheim

Schroter 1791

1788 Mar 9-10

Dark side

Bright spot

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1788 Mar 13

Riccioli

Bright spot

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1788 Mar 13

Helicon

Lunar "volcano" like 6th mag star

Nouet

Schroter 1792; Bode 1792a; Lalande 1792 (1966

1788 Apr 9

Aristarchus; 1 hr

Extraordinarily bright

Bode

Bode 1792b

1788 Apr 9-11

Aristarchus

Bright spot 26" N of crater rim

Schroter, Bode

Schroter 1789, 1791, 1792a, 1792b

1788 May 8

N/A

Bright spots

Mechain

Lalande 1792 (1966)

1788 May 8-9

N/A

Bright spots

Bode

Bode 1792b

1788 Aug 27

N/A

Bright spot

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1788 Sep 26, 4:25am

N edge of Mare Crisium

Small nebulous bright spot

Schroter

Rozier 1788, 1792; Schroter 1791

1788 Sep 26

1'18" SE of Plato; 15 min

Whitish bright spot shining somewhat hazily and 4" to 5" in diameter, 5th mag, SE of Plato in bright moiuntainous region bounding Mare Imbrium

Schroter

Schroter 1789, 1792a, 1792b; Sirius 1888

1788 Sep 26

Near Aristarchus; 30 min

Bright spot 26" N of main crater

Schroter

Rozier 1788, 1792; Schroter 1791

1788 Dec 2, 5:35am

Aristarchus

Extraordinarly bright, like star

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1788 Dec 11

Plato

Bright area, like thin white cloud

Schroter

schroter 1791

1788

Aristarchus

Brilliant spots

Bode

Bode 1792b; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1789 Jan 10

N/A

Lunar "volcano"

Seyffer

Seyffer 1789; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1789 Mar 29-30

Grimaldi, and near Riccioli

Two flickering spots on E edge of Grimaldi, and near Riccioli on dark side of moon a bright spot

Schroter

Schroter 1789, 1791; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1789 Mar 29-31

Aristarchus

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1789 Mar

Near Aristarchus

Brilliant spots near Aristarchus; luminous spots on dark side

Bode

Bode 1788-89, 1789, 1793; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1789 Apr

Near Aristarchus

Brilliant spots near Aristarchus; luminous spots on dark side

Bode

Bode 1788-89, 1789, 1793; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1789 May

Near Aristarchus

Brilliant spots near Aristarchus; luminous spots on dark side

Bode

Bode 1788-89, 1789, 1793; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1789 Sep 26

Mont Blanc; 15 min

Small speck of light at foot of mountain, like 5th mag star

Schroter

Pickering 1902; Webb 1962 ed., p.113

1790 Jan 17

Aristarchus region

Small, hazy spot of light

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1790 Feb 15-18

Aristarchus region

Small, hazy spot of light

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1790 Mar 19

Aristarchus region

Small, hazy spot of light

Schroter

Schroter 1791

1790 Oct 22

N/A

During total eclipse, Herschel saw at least 150 small, round, bright, red luminous points. (Mid-eclipse, lunar, Oct 23, 00h41m.)

W.Herschel

Herschel 1912 ed.; Klado 1965

1792 Feb 24

N/A

Cusps of moon showed signs of atmosphere

Schroter

Webb 1962 ed., p.97

1792

Aristarchus

Many ocassions; special appearance

Bode

Bode 1792a

1792

Dark side

Brilliant spots

Schroter

Schroter 1792a, 1792b

1794 Mar 7

Dark side; 15 min

Appearance of light like a star seen in dark part of the moon

W.Wilkins, Stretton

Wilkins 1794; Stretton 1794; Maskelyne 1795; Moore 1953; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1797 Mar 2

Promontorium Heraclides, vicinity

"Observations of a volcano on the moon"

Caroché

Caroché 1799; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.

1797 Jul 2

Mare Vaporum

Vapors resembling mountain

Schroter, Olber

Klein 1879

1799

Dark side

Bright spots on dark side, seen during five different lunations

Piazzi

Piazzi 1800; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.; Treanor and O'Connell 1965