[D8] de VALENTINE (31) vers MARTRES-DE-RIVIERE (31) 17.03.2010

On 17 March 2010 at about 20:40, a motorist on the D 8 from Valentine toward Martres-de-Rivière saw an orange light just above the horizon. He stopped and photographed it to the west just before the crescent-shaped phenomenon disappeared. The source identifies it as the Moon. It says the ephemerides for 17 March, and 16 March, show what it calls the 'last phase of the new Moon' at 18:40 UT, equated in the source with 20:40 local time. Just above the horizon and still sunlit, it appeared as a faint orange crescent matching the photographs and description. The source's time conversion and phase wording are retained as stated.