OCTOBER 2022 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 7 8 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO October 22 20 MOON PHASES MON SUN TUE WED THU FRI 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 61 FIRST QUARTER October 3 00:14 UT LAST QUARTER October 17 17:15 UT DISTANCES Perigee 369,325 km Apogee 404,326 km Perigee 368,291 km FULL MOON October 9 20:55 UT NEW MOON October 25 10:49 UT October 4, 17h UT Diameter 32′ 21″ October 17, 10h UT Diameter 29′ 33″ October 29, 15h UT Diameter 32′ 27″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Shi Shen Crater * Dugan Crater * Hausen Crater * Andersson Crater October 7 October 8 October 20 October 22 42 OCTOBER 2022 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month 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. Exact for latitude 40°N. c i n g +20° EQ 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 29 M39 Zenith SAT M30 CAPRICORNUS 21 β L A C E R T A E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula S E Mars 3h F a c E Q Moon Oct 6 U A T α β O R Saturn M15 γ C E L I P T I C γ PISCES η δ ε ι ν η α θ β οC E T U S Mira τ α Polaris h t r M2 A Q U A R I U S P E G A S U S G r e a t S q u a r e o f P e g a s u s M31 ANDROMEDA M33 M34 Algol CAS S I OP E I A Double Cluster c a F M52 β γ δ ε Capella AUR I GA Pleiades Hamal A R I E S P I SC I S AUS T R I NUS Fomalhaut γ α β γ β TRIANGULUM α β γ α P ERS EUS CAMELOPARDALIS L Y N X δ β C E P H E U S γ +80° +60° o N h α β Jupiter S C U L P T O R GRUS Moon Oct 9 i n g a F i n c s t α g n i γ α δ β ε ζ E N 0h δ ζ F a 6h ο ε η β µ ζ α θ ε ζ α µ ε α β η