AUGUST 2018 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart North S a ALIS Fa n ci SS b le ub er Do lust C IO PE a _ IA _ Polaris ` a R M 52 b August 17 * Lyot Crater August 19 AUGUST 2 018 * SK Y & TELESCOPE a * Jenner Crater + NUS August 5 Planet location shown for mid-month g S * Gerard Q Inner Crater U August 3 N * Bunsen A Crater R FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS O Diameter 29′ 27″ IC 405,746 km R August 23, 11h UT 70 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. SE RP EN (C AU DA ) M M16 M17 Moon Aug 21 M25 Saturn P Apogee 1 2 3 4 I e IL A M A Diameter 33′ 22″ _ U ` C 358,078 km 30 M 0 n ci Fa August 10, 18h UT _ PHI -1 Perigee c 11 S C U T U _ b M57 DEL d a ` a US DISTANCES ULE 11:56 UT EQU 07:48 UT M2 August 26 ` AQ ` August 18 air S FULL MOON IU FIRST QUARTER M Au oo g n 25 Alt a M15 ¡ e 09:58 UT _ 18:18 UT AR August 11 U August 4 Albireo c NEW MOON AQ LAST QUARTER S 31 ¡ 30 EU 29 H 28 _ LYRA 27 Vega 26 b 25 ¡ 24 R 23 b 22 f 21 ¡ 20 Northern LA ` U r Cross EC d LP Deneb _ VU TA M29 a IT C Y G N U S M27 S A G 19 61 18 M39 17 CE 16 RT A 15 d 14 + 13 ` 12 PEGASUS 11 _ 10 h 9 PISCES 8 0 7 Facing East 6 ` LA 4 Great Square of Pegasus 3 EP M A S AT FRI THU 2 C O ED WED 1 5 42 ¡ CA AN D M3 1 _ TUE MON OPARD _ EU ` N ASA / LRO MOON PHASES SUN CAMEL RS a NE Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. 17 19 PE 3h 5 August 3 g 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 21h E C L I P T I C Ma rs + o c m M22 S A G IT TA R IU S ¡ CORO N AUST A RALIS -40° 18 Facing