JULY 2018 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North _ S a e ubl Do uster Cl Fa AS SI O a +80° PE _ IA ` a M 52 ¡ b U S + b c +60° i a ` M57 ¡ k A HIN SA LP c a _ US _ ir A ta Al ` US Q d g e U e IC4665 a 70 IL ` 0° A S E (C RP A E U N M1 D S 1 A SC ) b U _ ` O R TU M 6 7 5 M2 o S SE 20h c SA 3 Mo July M2 1 M2 0 M8 2 U Planet location shown for mid-month g d M2 Saturn m M10 O P H I U C M1 M1 M2 N n ci Fa July 8 July 10 July 19 July 21 1 2 3 4 IC FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS 0 R July 27, 06h UT Diameter 29′ 25″ / HERCULE _ E C L I Ma P T rs I C P Apogee 406,223 km Zenith +20° A July 13, 08h UT Diameter 33′ 26″ M92 b C Perigee 357,431 km LE M Ju oon ly 27 -1 DISTANCES ` a DE July 27 20:20 UT UU July 19 19:52 UT EQ FULL MOON M2 ` FIRST QUARTER US ARI AQU July 13 02:48 UT E M29 ¡ M15 ¡ e _ July 6 07:51 UT H 61 P E GA SU S c NEW MOON ` _ h 23 Facing East LAST QUARTER +80° 31 P 30 E 29 C 28 Polaris 27 _ 26 J U LY 2 0 1 8 * S K Y & T E L E S C O P E b 25 LYRA 24 _ 23 Vega 22 ¡ 21 R 20 a 19 b 18 b 17 _ 16 o U S Albire 15 CYG N 14 _ 13 Deneb 12 ` UL r a PEC Nort VUL her A TT Cros n GI s 11 M27 10 M39 9 CE 8 LA 7 RT A 6 42 C M 5 * Ulugh Beigh Crater * Repsold Crater * Jenner Crater * Oken Crater ¡ n ci O 4 d 3 + 2 ARDALIS N D R S AT FRI THU 1 ` WED A 31 A G r e a t S quare of Peg asus TUE MON +60° M D N ASA / LRO MOON PHASES SUN E _ 19 21 SEU NE Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. PER 2h 10 July 8 g D G Va oub ala Op arbialb lests yxy e a D n G iff ecn lests trar Pl lob use luclsut atrar se an ul en et ar beub trer clu lual ar a y ne tsetre bu r la GIT ¡ TA e R I U M6 S M7 M19 M62 h p SC 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. -40° e 17 Facing