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
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AUGUST 2019 OBSERVING
Lunar Almanac
Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart
Planet location
shown for mid-month
42 AUGUST 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE
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August 15
NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER
August 1 August 7
03:12 UT 17:31 UT
FULL MOON LAST QUARTER
August 15 August 23
12:29 UT 14:56 UT
NEW MOON
August 30
10:37 UT
DISTANCES
Perigee August 2, 07h UT
359,398 km Diameter 33′ 15 ′′
Apogee August 17, 11h UT
406,244 km Diameter 29′ 25 ′′
Perigee August 30, 16h UT
357,176 km Diameter 33′ 28 ′′
FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS
- Mare Humboldtianum August 15
- Hermite Crater August 17
- Pascal Crater August 18
- Lavoisier Crater August 23