Sky & Telescope - USA (2019-11)

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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NOVEMBER 2019 OBSERVING
Lunar Almanac
Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart
Planet location
shown for mid-month
42 NOVEMBER 2019 • SKY & TELESCOPE
FIRST QUARTER FULL MOON
November 4 November 12
10:23 UT 13:34 UT
LAST QUARTER NEW MOON
November 19 November 26
21:11 UT 15:06 UT
DISTANCES
Apogee November 7, 09h UT
405,058 km Diameter 29′ 30 ′′
Perigee November 23, 08h UT
366,716 km Diameter 32′ 35 ′′
FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS

• Mare Smythii November 3


• Xenophanes Crater November 12


• Drygalski Crater November 22


• Mare Marginis November 30

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