The Spatial Angular Function of Thermal Emission of the Moon

New satellite measurements of the lunar-surface radiation temperature are used to construct the spatial angular function of thermal radiation of the Moon in the infrared (10.5–12.5 m) spectral range. The basic material for investigations is the scanned cosmic spectrozonal images of the lunar surface transmitted by the first Russian geostationary artificial meteorological satellite GOMS. The formulas for calculating the angular parameters are given, and the photometric function of thermal radiation of the Moon is plotted as a function of the incidence angle, the reflection angle, and the azimuthal angle between the planes of the incident and reflected rays.