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| 1789 Jul 30 | Plato | "soon after sunrise" saw a kind of ferment on the floor of Plato which clearly resembled a kind of twilight | J.H. Schroter | Selenotopo graphische Fragmente 1791 |
| 1856 April 8, and 1860 April 24 |
Boussingault | Noted weak glows in the crater Boussingault, but he doubted that these were more than sunlight on the walls re-reflected from the floor | J. Schmidt | Vierteljahrschrift fur Astron., 14, 265 |
| 1878 Nov 12, 8:30 | N/A | John Hammes and friends in Iowa reported seeing a lunar "volcano". Correspondence in Scientific American includes drawings, an identification by Admiral Rogers of the supposed location, and a certification of John Hammes' respectability and good standing by the Mayor and three other citizens of Koekuk, Iowa. On investigation, it became clear that some of Hammes' details were incorrect, and since his drawings showed such poor detail, the site identification is questionable | John Hammes and friends | Sci. Amer. Dec 21, 1878, 39, 385 |
| 1899 Aug 29 | Copernicus | Noted that the inner parts of Copernicus glowed in weak phosphorescent light though not directly lighted by the sun. The observer noted, however, that the effect was probably due to multiple reflection, as the sun was then shining on the walls of the crater | P. Fauth | 1899, Astr. Nach., 151, 219 |
| 1909 Jan 24 and 25 | Dark side | Krebs and Nicolis noted that the non-illuminated part of the moon glowed red. These observations may have been due to special effects in the earth's atmosphere. Some eclipse reports originally included have been omitted from the list for similar reasons. Only where the observers described clearly bounded bright areas or rapid changes in brightness have eclipse observations been listed | Krebs, Nicolis | 1909, Astr. Nach., 181, 45 |
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