Moon

Tobias Mayer’s Lunar Globe (1750)

Tobias Mayer’s Lunar Globe (1750)

Publisher: Marbach : Tobias-Mayer-Museum; Bremen; Berlin Ars Mechanica Marbach Tobias-Mayer-Verein 2008 Original: 1750, Reconstruction (6 plates): 2008 Technology: Wooden globe Cartographers of the reprint: Günther Oestmann und Felix Lühning (2008) History: By 1750, made the Göttingen astronomer Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) made 24 map segments for the first reliable globe of the moon.  The project was […]

Thermoplastic Globe of the Moon (1990)

1990, Moscow Made with the participation PKO, GAISH (Shternberg State Astronomical Institute), TsNIIGAiK (Central Scientific Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography).   No image available

Tectonic map of the Moon (1969)

Tectonic map of the Moon (1969)

Tekonitseskaya Karta Luny = Tectonic map of the Moon = Carte Tectonique de la Lune Козлов В. В., Сулиди-Кондратьев Е. Д. Тектоническая карта Луны. М., Научно-неслед. лаб, Зарубеж геология. 1969. Base map was probably the Polnaya Karta Luny 1 sheet map. Russian, English, French 1:7 500 000 Ed. Yu Ya Kuznetsov Comp. V.V.Kozlov, E.D. Sulidi-Kondratiev Moskva […]

Shogakukan’s Map of the Moon (2005)

Shogakukan’s Map of the Moon (2005)

Title: STAR ATLAS 21 Authors: Hayashi K, Watanabe J, Ushiyama, T, Thukimoto K. Language of nomenclature: Japanese Language of explanations: Japanese Map type: Color Shaded Relief Publication Date: 2005 Publication Place: Japan Publisher: Shogakukan Inc Note: This map of part of the Publisher’s Star Atlas ISBN 4-09-526075-5

Second Complete Moon Map (1969)

Second Complete Moon Map (1969)

1:5 000 000 Sternberg Astronomy Institute Luna-3, Zond-3, Lunar Orbiter images Chief of the department: Yu. N.Lipskiy. Nauka, Moskva, 1969. „Using new images From Lunar Orbiter, Zond 6 7 8, with improved quality of drawing, new 1:5M map was made in 1979.” (Rodionova 1991)

Franz’s Contour Map of the Moon (1899)

Franz’s Contour Map of the Moon (1899)

Franz, J., (1899). Die Figur des Mondes, Astron. Beobachtungen, Königsberg, Bd.38 Reproductions: Niveaukarte des Mondes nach J. Franz, Breslau. In: M. W. Meyer: Der Mond, Unsere Nachbarweld. Stuttgart, Kosmos, Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde. p67., 1909 Link: https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00028511 “The first contour map of the Moon was constructed by Franz (1899) Just before the turn of the century. He […]

Rükl’s Moon Map (1999)

Rükl’s Moon Map (1999)

Title: Mesíc The Moon Der Mond Author: Antonín Rükl Language of nomenclature: Latin Language of explanations: Czech, English, German Publication Date: 1999 Publication Place: Brno, Praha Publisher: ZES Brno; Planetarium Praha Scale: 1:6 900 000 (nearside), 1:24 000 000 (nearside and farside hemispheres) Projection: Orthographic (nearside), Lambert equal-area (hemispheres) ISBN 89-56565-66-2, ISBN 80-86017-21-4

Rükl’s Moon Map (1972)

Rükl’s Moon Map (1972)

Mapy Mesícních Polokoulí 1:10 000 000 Antonín Rükl Kartografie Praha, 1972. 6 sheets: N, S, E, W, Sub, Anti hemispheres

Rugierri’s map of the Moon (1958)

Rugierri’s map of the Moon (1958)

Rugierri, G. (1958); Carta della Luna; Venezia Restored (stitched sectors and cleaned up from scan errors) from origional web edition by Ton Lindemann Source:: http://divulgazione.uai.it/ (cc)

Rudaux’s Map of the Moon Map (1925)

Rudaux’s Map of the Moon Map (1925)

Above: Courtesy of EA Whitaker Below: As reprinted in its Russian edition Astronomiya na ostrove nabltyudenni, Moskva-Leningrad 1935 Manuel pratique D’Astronmie With Russian Legend

Moon map in Popular Science (1887)

Moon map in Popular Science (1887)

This Moon Map for binoculars (“opera glass”) was published in Popular Science August 1887 issue.

Polarimetric Atlas of the Moon, Tbilisi (1982)

Polarimetric Atlas of the Moon, Tbilisi (1982)

Polarimetric Atlas of the Moon V.P. Dzhapiashvili, A.N. Korol Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Geogia Metsniereba, Tbilisi, 1982. In Russian, with additional English explanation and English and Georgian title page 1:10M Images: Library of MIIGAiK, Moscow