Tonight should be our sidewalk night in Monrovia, but the clouds won't
clear until 8 p.m. and there is a line of small but powerful
thunderstorms between us and Antelope Valley. So we are cancelling
tonight's sidewalk astronomy to protect our telescopes, and not
disappointing our guests with poor views of the moon. Next dates are
June 8 and 15. If, you happen to look up and see the moon from home or
from your evening stroll tonight, you can use these links below to
identify features with your unaided eye. The moon is at First Quarter
tonight May 11, 2019 at 6:12 pm. You can find the phases of the moon
every month in What's Up video from JPL now. And I've included the link
to my very favorite moon map below.
What's Up video ends with the month's moon phases - a great addition to
the video!
https://youtu.be/VoivZE4xLEw
Time and date -- a calendar of lunar phases for the year, just select
your location for precision:
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/
--> Moon Map I love! The awesome Lunar and Planetary Sciences Lunar
Landing Site Chart:
https://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/LandingSite/
Next sidewalk dates are June 8 and/or 15, weather permitting. Over and out!
Jane and the sidewalk gang
--
Jane Houston Jones, retired JPLer
Twitter: @jhjones @otastro
http://www.otastro.org/
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