JUNE 2017 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North 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 Double Cluster α CAS Fa γ SIO PEI β A L M52 A C E δ S EU PH CE α β R T ε ζ A μ α 9 N ASA / LRO Little Dipper S AT ζ ta ζ ε nin UL β +20° κ E Q U δ β S ζ LIBRA η M 20 J U N E 2 0 1 7 * SK Y & TELESCOPE U 23 June 21 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. H 9 S 18h M7 M6 υ β ν Ant σ are -20° π s S C τ α M4 OR PI U ε λ γ δ M1 2 USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP 12 Moon June 8 M6 SE M Saturn 8 Regnault Crater M June 11 IU M Hausen Crater R 21 M June 3 g TA 10 C SE ( C AR P E PU M5 M 6 June 1 Humboldt Crater Planet location shown for mid-month IT 25 M 42 Mare Smythii 17 M FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS G 22 M Diameter 33′ 23″ IU M1 UM June 23, 11h UT 1 2 3 4 n ci Fa 357,938 km UT Diameter 29′ 24″ H SC 406,400 km SA 0 σ June 8, 22h UT α P 1 -1 Apogee Perigee O M1 DISTANCES B α ES α 02:31 UT α 11:33 UT 70 γ June 24 μ β β June 17 θ NEW MOON S EN ) RP DA SE AU (C LAST QUARTER Zenith λ 13:10 UT ζ LA AQUI 12:42 UT β γ η June 9 El Altair α June 1 γ US θ FULL MOON O h 21 Facing East FIRST QUARTER C 30 A 29 R 28 η 27 NA S RO ALI CO RE BO 26 M13 25 η 24 π 23 M92 22 RC 21 HE 20 α 19 Veg a 18 ε 17 R 16 M57 15 LY R A 14 δ 13 o 12 Albir e 11 β 10 ULA 9 VULPE C 8 M27 7 SAGITTA 6 DELPHIN 5 γ 4 CY G NU S 3 D γ 2 No χ r t Cr her n os s 1 γ FRI THU neb WED De α TUE MON ε SUN M2 9 MOON PHASES A R n ci Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. M3 11 δ g NE June 1 3 ε 0h 21 S σ χ ϕ μ η LUPUS γ 15 Facing