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| 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 | Nebulous bright area | 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 |
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