My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 01.2019

JANUARY 2019 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart D G Va oub ala x O ria le Di pe ble sta y n ff G r s Pl lob use clu tar an ul ne ste et ar clu bul r ar a y ne ste bu r la Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon’s limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. January 21 N ASA / LRO 23 22 MOON PHASES TUE MON SUN WED S AT FRI THU 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER January 6 January 14 01:28 UT 06:46 UT FULL MOON LAST QUARTER January 21 January 27 05:16 UT 21:10 UT 0 DISTANCES Apogee January 9, 04 h UT 406,117 km Diameter 29′ 25″ Perigee January 21, 20 h UT 357,342 km Diameter 33′ 26″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS • Schluter Crater January 21 • Le Gentil Crater January 22 • Boussingault Crater January 23 42 -1 JA N UA RY 2 019 • SK Y & TELESCOPE 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.

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