My first Magazine Sky & Telescope - 03.2019

MARCH 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. N ASA / LRO March 19 20 21 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 March 6 March 14 16:04 UT 10:27 UT FULL MOON LAST QUARTER March 21 March 28 01:43 UT 04:10 UT 0 DISTANCES Apogee March 4, 11 h UT 406,390 km Diameter 29′ 24″ Perigee March 19, 20 h UT 359,377 km Diameter 33′ 15″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS 42 -1 • Bailly Crater March 19 • Demonax Crater March 20 • Neumayer Crater March 21 • Gill Crater March 22 M A RCH 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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