8 p.m
The three friends , having nothing better to do , went on with their observations . They could not , however , yet determine the topography of the satellite . Every relief was levelled under the action of the solar rays . They watched thus through the lateral windows until 8 p.m. . The moon then looked so large that she hid half the firmament from them . The sun on one side , and the Queen of Night on the other , inundated the projectile with light . At that moment Barbicane thought he could estimate at 700 leagues only the distance that separated them from their goal .