NOVEMBER 2018 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North URSA MAJOR e +60° 8h Fa k LY M82 ci n g N N X E ` Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. M81 24 23 h 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 e M 37 Polaris ME LO R PA a CA M5 SS 2 +60° le ub er Do lust C ¡ ` PE I Oa _ DA LIS a b IA M ` i M31 ` M33 _ _ ANDROMEDA a d PI SC ES let rc Ci d f ` g Fomalhaut SE FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS Planet location shown for mid-month * Oken Crater November 10 USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP * Marinus Crater November 11 * Galvani Crater November 23 * Xenophanes Crater November 24 N OV E M B E R 2 018 * SK Y & TELESCOPE e Diameter 32′ 35″ a o 366,620 km a S November 26, 12h UT _ U Perigee ` ra T Diameter 29′ 33″ n 404,339 km 1 2 3 4 ci November 14, 16h UT _ 34 _ Mi -1 0 Apogee Great Square of Pegasus Fa 42 E DISTANCES a M No oo v1n 9 k 00:19 UT C 05:39 UT Hamal _ C November 30 Zenith ` a November 23 TRIANGULUM I LAST QUARTER _ FULL MOON R US 14:54 UT T O AN November 15 16:02 UT A ID November 7 U ER FIRST QUARTER Q ¡ NEW MOON ol T E Alg 30 ` 29 b 28 ARIES 27 l 26 PE 25 US 24 RS E 23 ¡ 22 ¡ 21 c 20 IG 19 IP 18 L 17 Pleiades 16 n C oo 22 M ov N 15 E 14 ¡ 13 Hyades 12 TA U R U S 11 e 10 Aldebaran 9 _ 8 h 7 ORION 6 5 5 Facing East 4 CA _ R 3 2 Ca pe lla A U f S AT FRI THU 1 A WED M 38 M 36 TUE MON SUN ` c MOON PHASES _ N ASA / LRO 11 November 10 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. 2h SCU LPT OR 23 Facing