For a brief, non-shining moment on Monday, August 21, the moon will be the most important object in the daytime sky. Not that you\u2019ll get a good look at much besides its backlit outline. And sure, it is uncanny and cool that the moon sits at just the right distance from the Earth to blot out the sun. But real lunatics\u2014er, luna-philes? Let\u2019s go with moon fans\u2014know the moon\u2019s real calling card is its wild topography, visible almost nightly with the right telescope.