AUGUST 2019 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North S a ALIS Fa n ci a SS b le ub er Do lust C IO PE a _ IA _ Polaris AN ` a D R M 52 b 31 NUS P R IC S 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. 21h U AUGU S T 2 019 * SK Y & TELESCOPE M 11 S C U T U M M16 Moon M17 Aug 11 M25 + m M22 N August 15 August 17 August 18 August 23 70 SE RP EN (C AU DA ) R SE USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP * Mare Humboldtianum * Hermite Crater * Pascal Crater * Lavoisier Crater e IL A o O Planet location shown for mid-month g M57 PHI US A 1 2 3 4 ` a DEL ULE August 30, UT Diameter 33′ 28″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS 42 EQU 16h _ U Satur E C n L I P T I C C August 17, UT Diameter 29′ 25″ c ` 30 0 11h a M Perigee 357,176 km ` -1 August 2, 07h UT Diameter 33′ 15″ _ M Au oon g1 4 n ci Fa Apogee 406,244 km d b DISTANCES ` AQ M2 NEW MOON August 30 10:37 UT air a M15 ¡ e _ August 23 14:56 UT Alt S August 15 12:29 UT IU LAST QUARTER AR FULL MOON Albireo c August 7 17:31 UT U FIRST QUARTER August 1 03:12 UT AQ NEW MOON a 30 + 29 _ 28 S 27 ¡ 26 EU 25 _ LYRA 24 Vega 23 b 22 ¡ 21 R 20 b 19 f 18 ¡ 17 Northern LA ` CU r Cross E d LP Deneb _ VU TA M29 a IT C Y G N U S M27 S A G 16 61 15 M39 14 TA 13 d 12 + 11 ` 10 PEGASUS 9 _ 8 h 7 PISCES 6 0 5 Facing East 4 CE R 3 Great Square of Pegasus 2 H LA S AT FRI THU 1 ` M A WED EP O ED TUE C M3 1 _ MOON PHASES Perigee 359,398 km ¡ CA ` N ASA / LRO MON OPARD _ EU g NE Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. SUN CAMEL RS August 15 23 PE 17 3h 18 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 c S A G IT TA R IU S ¡ CORO N AUST A RALIS -40° 18 Facing