JANUARY 2017 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North h M c r iza +60° r ¡ _ Thuban 12 h Di g Bi er pp Fa b a g n ci 13 co Al D G V oub al Op aarbia les ayxy Di nen lbeles tSatra G ff c r Pl lob use lCulsu tsatrar an ul t s e e n t re be et ar Cl ublua r ar l y Ne utsetre a bu r la January 10 NE ` M ` U +80° SA R JO A M81 Polaris O k f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 IS 19 M38 M36 M37 c h se _ eu lg a O h UR Moo n Jan U S 8j k x N tri lla IO Be R _ b ¡ c 42 M 0° ` g ` Si k2 ¡ l ge s Ri riu ` M a JO LE R SE Planet location shown for mid-month * Peary (crater) January 10 USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP * Gauss (crater) January 13 * Drygalski (crater) January 23 * Hausen (crater) January 25 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. ERIDA ` A ci Fa ng FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7 * SK Y & TELESCOPE an TA es a 41 M IS 42 January 10, 06h UT diam. 32′ 54″ 0 1 2 3 4 _ Ald eba r _ N Perigee 363,238 km January 22, 00h UT diam. 29′ 31″ A Apogee 404,914 km -1 _ C DISTANCES Capella _ ` e d te Be ` 00:07 UT iad des 0 7 M4 6 M4 22:13 UT Ple Hya M5 January 28 Procyon January 19 + a _ NEW MOON c S LAST QUARTER RO 11:34 UT CE 19:47 UT ` M35 Mo on Ja n1 1 NO January 12 GEMINI I C MO January 5 _ FULL MOON M48 FIRST QUARTER _ T ` I P CANIS MINOR ` HYDRA Facing East L Castor M44 C Pollux ANC ER a h 9 M67 _ E AL 18 RD 17 l 16 l ` 15 a 14 b 13 _ 12 ER 11 P 10 ¡ 9 S 8 SE U 7 f 6 AURIGA 5 C 4 PA S AT 3 LO X FRI THU 2 ME N WED 1 CA LY _ TUE MON M82 R LE O O R LE 23 MOON PHASES SUN _ M IN N ASA / LRO 25 URSA MINOR ` Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. 6h CO NUS -20° PU S _ _ LU M BA CA EL UM -40° 3 Facing