USPS Star Calendar for 18-24 August 11 August 2013
Posted by amedalen in August 2013.Tags: Almach, Alpheratz, Cygnus, Deneb, full moon, gibbous moon, Hamal, Hero, Lyra, Lyre, Mirfak, perigee, Perseus, Summer Triangle, Swan, Vega
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19 Aug The waxing gibbous moon is at perigee, 56.8 Earth-radii (225,000 miles) away.
21 Aug Full moon at 0145 UT
22 Aug Rising less than an hour after sunset, the moon is high in the southwest at midnight. Lean back and look straight up; the two bright stars directly overhead are magnitude 0.1 Vega in the constellation Lyra, the Lyre, and magnitude 1.3 Deneb in the constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Both are part of the Summer Triangle.
24 Aug Rising two hours after sunset, the waxing gibbous moon is low in the east by midnight. The brightest nearby stars are magnitude 2.1 Alpheratz 3 fist-widths above the moon, magnitude 2.2 Hamal 1½ fist-widths to the left and magnitude 2.3 Almach 3 fist-widths to the upper left. The slightly brighter star 1½ fist-widths to the lower left of Almach is magnitude 1.9 Mirfak in the constellation Perseus, the Hero.
