Moon

Globus Luny (1970)

Globus Luny (1970)

The globe was made using Luna and Zond  images. The globe is exhibited at the Memorial Museum of Astronautics in Moscow. The far side contains ambiguous formations as well as two names that has not neen approved by IAU for these features: Kondratiuk (probably not existing as a landform) and Kibalchich (now named Herzsprung).  Mykola […]
Gilbert’s naked eye Moon map

Gilbert’s naked eye Moon map

Date of drawing: c. 1600-1603 Publication : 1651 William Gilbert, De Mundo Nostro Sublunari Philosophia Nova, Amstelodami (Amsterdam) (1651; reprint edn, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1965). The oldest known moon map with the naked eye, drawn around 1600 by Gilbert, but first published in his book from 1651. Nomenclature: latin, on the map Image and text courtesy of […]
Moon Gazetteer in German (1856)

Moon Gazetteer in German (1856)

Published in Franz Arago’s Sammtliche Werke. Leipzig 1856. This is not a map, but a biscriptural list of the Moon’s placenames
Map of the Moon (Gehler 1842)

Map of the Moon (Gehler 1842)

Gehler, J.S.T. et al 1825-1845; Physikalisches Wörterbuch – Kupfer Atlas; Leipzig Image  courtesy of Ton Lindemann.
Gaudibert’s Globe de la Lune

Gaudibert’s Globe de la Lune

Cartographer: Casimir Marie Gaudibert „dressé sous la direction de Camille Flammarion par C. M. Gaudibert „ Publisher: Paris: Bertaux Note: Far side is used for gazetteer. Designed for telescopic observations (south is up) Based on Gaudibert’s map of 1887. Image: Austrian National Library Reference: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC04847693
Francisci’s drawing of the Moon (1676)

Francisci’s drawing of the Moon (1676)

Source: Francisci, E. 1676; Das eröffnete Lust-Haus der Ober- und Nieder-Welt; bey mehrmaliger Unterredung vor dißmal so wol von der Natur, Welt, Himmel und dem Gestirn insgemein, als auch insonderheit von dem Mond, der Sonnen und allen übrigen wandelbaren Sternen; imgleichen von den Haar-Sternen oder Kometen, wie auch gestirnten Einflüssen, Stuffen-Jahren, Talismannen / allen Natur-, […]
Map of the Moon (Flammarion/Gaudibert/Fenet 1887-1900)

Map of the Moon (Flammarion/Gaudibert/Fenet 1887-1900)

Carte générale de la Lune. Editor: Camille Flammarion Based on: the map of C.M. Gaudibert Graphic artist: Léon Fenet Date: 1887 Publication: standalone  sheet Contribution by Ton Lindemann. Advertisement about the map, The Physical Review 2/5, 1895 “A Hold általános térképe” (Moon’s general map), Hungarian edition Camille Flammarion’s Népszerű csillagászat (Popular Astronomy), Az égbolt egyetemes […]
Map of the Moon (Flammarion 1881-1898)

Map of the Moon (Flammarion 1881-1898)

Carte Géographique de la Lune Date: 1881 Publication: Astronomie Populaire Contribution by Ton Lindemann 1898; Wonderen des Hemels; Zutphen (Dutch edition): Image courtesy Ton Lindemann A Hold földrajzi abrosza (Moon’s geographic chart) Camille Flammarion’s Népszerű csillagászattan (Popular Astronomy), Budapest edition c. 1880-1900 Nomenclature is in two blocks: “Western Mounts and Eastern Mounts” South is up.
First Complete Moon Map (1967)

First Complete Moon Map (1967)

Polnaya karta Luny using Luna-3 (1959) and Zond-3 (1965) images 1:5 000 000 Nauka, Moskva, 1967. Projection: „arbitrary cylindrical projection” 9 sheets, 7 with relief and two with names. From 90E to 180 it uses low resolution Luna 3, from 180 to 90W is uses higher resolution Zond 3 images. The first full map of […]

First Complete Moon Globe 1967

1:10 000 000 Nauka, Moskva, 1967. Prepared at the same time as the first complete map of the Moon in 1967, both at Sternberg Astronomical Institute, for the International Congress of Astronomical Union in Prague. K.B. Shingareva have presented the map and globe in the Prage Congress. About 10 globes were made. One was brought […]
Soviet Farside Maps/Atlases

Soviet Farside Maps/Atlases

Atlas Obratnoj Storony Luny (Part 1) Akademiya Nauk SSSR Moskva 1960. Includes a map of the far side in 4 pages 1:10 000 000 (It is centered at 120 deg, partly overlaps the near side) Left: Luna-3 image from Atlas Obratnoj Storony Luny (Tsast’ 2) 1967 Right: Image composite by P Stooke (2007) A globe of […]
Raths Erdmondglobus (1976)

Raths Erdmondglobus (1976)

33 cm 1:10 500 000 Ed. Hellmuth Wolf Gotha/Leipzig, 1976 DDR Virtual Globe for Google Earth. Google Earth Add-on: DDR Lunar Globe Download kmz file for Google Earth Downoad VRML file for Flux Player or orther VR players