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USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP

Go out within an hour of a time listed to the

right. Turn the map around so the yellow

label for the direction you’re facing is at the

bottom. That’s the horizon. The center of the

map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map

above horizons you’re not facing.

Yellow dots indicate

which part of the

Moon’s limb is tipped

the most toward Earth

by libration.

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SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

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NASA / LRO

Variable starDouble starGalaxy

Open cluster

Globular clusterDiffuse nebula

Planetary nebula

able starstary

cluster

ebula

ter

MOON PHASES

+20°

0°

–40°

5

h^7

14

h

8 h

(^11) h
CANIS MAJOR
COLUMBA
LEPUS
GEMINI
MONOCEROS
CANIS
MINOR
ORION
CANCER
HYDRA
LEO
AURIGA
OPARDALIS
LEO LYNX
MINOR
URSA
MAJOR
DRACO
URSA
MINOR
CANES
VENATICI
PUPPIS
SEXTANS
Big
Dipper
Sickle
Little
Dipper
Procyon
Rig
Saiph
Alde
Bellatrix
Sirius
Polaris
Mizar
& Alcor Thuban
Castor
Pollux
Regulus
Alphard Betelgeuse
M48
M35
M41
M42
M44
M67
M46M47
M93
M51
M36
M37 M38
M50
M81 M82
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Facing
Capella
β
α
β
α β γ
β
α
β
β
α ε
α
β
β
α
β
α
γ
γ
ζ
δ
γ
δ
ε
η γ β β α δ
η ε
α
γ
α
χ^2
χ^1
α
γ
ζ
η
ι
ο
θ
μη
λ
ε
δ
γ
α
α
ζ ε ζ
α
β
Moon
Feb 8
Moon
Feb 5
FEBRUARY 2020 OBSERVING
Lunar Almanac
Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart
Planet location
shown for mid-month
42 FEBRUARY 2020 • SKY & TELESCOPE
FIRST QUARTER FULL MOON
February 2 February 9
01:42 UT 07:33 UT
LAST QUARTER NEW MOON
February 15 February 23
22:17 UT 15:32 UT
DISTANCES
Perigee February 10, 20h UT
360,461 km Diameter 33′ 09 ′′
Apogee February 26, 12h UT
406,278 km Diameter 29′ 25 ′′
FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS

• Baade Crater February 9


• Hausen Crater February 10


• Drygalski Crater February 11


• Schomberger Crater February 12

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February 9