FEBRUARY 2017 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North h d 14 h CO Fa d M Thuba n a r iza r M Alco & _ ` n ci ¡ M b D ip ig er p B _ M 81 82 A S A R JO ` 20 M R I N ASA / LRO 23 Polaris U IC a C A N N ES E A T URSA MINOR V Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. MOON PHASES PA R D A L I S TUE MON WED S AT FRI THU 2 3 4 h 11 GE Ca Po _ a ¡ 5 d + February 11 * Le Gentil (crater) February 20 * Baade (crater) February 23 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 7 * SK Y & TELESCOPE a * Goddard (crater) Bellatr ix Betelg euse ORIO C h _ IS N R O IN 42 February 6 +20° Alde A * Florey (crater) O M M4 47 6 ` ER O N c a a 0° b ¡ M42 ` Rig S Saiph ` _ S iriu s _ 0 1 2 3 4 ` c r1 r2 C FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS N 50 _ February 18, 21h UT diam. 29′ 33″ O M CA M9 3 n ci Fa Apogee 404,376 km February 6, 14h UT diam. 32′ 24″ _ n yo Perigee 368,816 km 48 -1 DISTANCES M oc Pr 14:58 UT M3 ` CANCER M67 ¡ c 19:33 UT M M ard February 26 Alph NEW MOON February 18 8 M3 6 M3 ` M44 b _ _ LAST QUARTER _ e Regulus A 00:33 UT Moon Feb 7 DR 04:19 UT HY February 11 ANS February 4 SEXT FULL MOON Facing East FIRST QUARTER Moo Feb n 10 A 28 RIG 27 ella 26 E C L I P T I C AU 25 Cap 24 e M37 23 ` 22 I 21 r 20 IN 19 sto 18 M 17 X 16 N 15 LY 14 _ x 13 llu 12 f 11 _ 10 a 9 Sickl 8 R 7 LE O MI NO 6 LEO 5 k 1 ` SUN L it tl e D ip p er 51 c NE 11 DRA February 6 g D G V oub al Op aarbia les ayxy Di nen lbeles tSatra G ff c r Pl lob use lCulsu tsatrar an ul t s e e n t re be et ar Cl ublua r ar l y Ne utsetre a bu r la Planet location shown for mid-month g SE 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. 8h PU M4 1 MA b d PP NIS ` JO a R ` LEPUS ¡ _ IS COLU MBA -40° 5 Facing