AUGUST 2020 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North S γ ALIS Fa CA n ci ε SS δ le ub er Do lust C IO PE γ α Polaris α β γ IA R O M δ μ γ AUGUST 2 02 0 * SK Y & TELESCOPE α August 27 S * Mare Smythii M11 M17 M25 μ Planet location shown for mid-month g r 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. 21h S August 24 IL A Jupite U August 16 * Mare Australe SE RP EN (C AU DA ) urn N * Mare Orientale 70 U Sat R August 1 θ S C M16 U T U M β Mo Au on g3 O * Mare Marginis α α IC FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS AQ R Diameter 32′ 52″ ζ P 363,513 km β γ A August 21, 11h UT 1 2 3 4 air C Perigee NUS 30 M Diameter 29′ 32″ PHI -1 n ci Fa 404,659 km C δ 0 August 9, 14h UT US 17:58 UT I Alt η β T S 02:42 UT ULE P M2 U August 25 DISTANCES 42 I FIRST QUARTER August 19 Apogee C NEW MOON ε DEL EQU α 16:45 UT EU γ ε θ 15:59 UT L IU August 11 AR August 3 AQ LAST QUARTER E FULL MOON α LYRA 31 Vega 30 M57 29 β 28 γ 27 δ 26 ε 25 R 24 Albireo 23 δ 22 ι 21 ε 20 Northern LA β U C χ Cross E η LP Deneb α VU TA M29 γ IT C Y G N U S M27 S A G 19 61 18 M39 17 H LA 16 TA 15 CE R 14 M15 13 η 12 μ 11 β 10 PEGASUS 9 ζ 8 α 7 h 6 PISCES 5 0 4 Facing East 3 Great Square of Pegasus 1 2 β 52 A S AT FRI THU EP ED WED C M α TUE MON OPARD AN D M3 1 N ASA / LRO MOON PHASES SUN CAMEL α β Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. 24 EU 27 16 RS γ August 1 PE 3h g NE 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 τ ζ σ M22 S A G IT TA R IU S ε CORO N AUST A RALIS -40° 18 Facing