AUGUST 2022 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 10 11 12 β Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO August 26 MOON PHASES MON SUN 1 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 TUE 3 10 17 24 31 WED 4 11 18 25 THU 5 12 19 26 FRI 6 13 20 27 SAT FIRST QUARTER August 5 11:07 UT LAST QUARTER August 19 04:36 UT DISTANCES Perigee 359,830 km Apogee 405,417 km FULL MOON August 12 01:36 UT NEW MOON August 27 08:17 UT August 10, 17h UT Diameter 33′ 13″ August 22, 22h UT Diameter 29′ 28″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Poncelet Crater * De Sitter Crater * Hayn F Crater * Hausen Crater August 10 August 11 August 12 August 26 42 AUGUST 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. -40° c i 18 n g LYRA Deneb N o r t h e r n C r o s s C Y G N U S 61 M29 M15 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 PISCES E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula α β I C δ S E Saturn Jupiter 3h 0h E C M30 F a 21h F a γ ε α Polaris r o N h CAPR I CORNUS L I P T c i n g SAGITTARIUS Moon Aug 8 S C U T U M M17 μ M25 M25 σ τ ζ ε M22 CORONA AUSTRALIS S E R P E N ( C A U D A ) M11 M16 70 VULPECULA M27 A Q U A R I U S ζ Altair β η A Q U I L A α γ DELPHINUS EQUULEUS CAMELOPARDALIS ε P ERS EUS β γ δ CAS S I OP E I A Double Cluster C E P H E U S β γ δ ANDROMEDA M31 LACERTA SAGITTA IC θ M2 β α M52 α Vega R M57 Albireo M39 c i n a ι δ χ α γ ε ε η β μ θ ζ α F s t α a F g n c i E N h t γ α γ α μ α ε δ γ β β η β γ Moon Aug 11