January 1996

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
2 Fri 12.6 01:-- Moon is at apogee(406,158km, semi-diameter:0.5 degrees)
22:26 Saturn is closest with Venus (1.1 degrees)
18:40 Occultation of Lambda-Gem (Mag:3.7) (time at Sapporo)
3 Sat 13.6 "Setsubun" in Japan
10:31 Venus passes 1.3 degrees north of Saturn
4 Sun 14.6 04:31 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
22:08 Longitude of sun reaches 315 degrees
23:-- 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova closes to the Earth (0.17025AU)
5 Mon 15.6 00:58 Full Moon
7 Wed 17.6 03:25 Algol is at minimum brightness
8 Thu 18.6 07:33 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
U-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Peroid:463 days, Mag:5.9-12.1)
10 Sat 20.6 00:14 Algol is at minimum brightness
11 Sun 21.6 National holiday in Japan
04:04 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
23:24 Neptune is closest with Mercury(0.05 degrees)
23:26 Mercury passes 0.5 degrees north of Mercury
12 Mon 22.6 National holiday in Japan
09:-- Ring of Saturn disappears
05:23 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(25.9 degrees, Mag:0.0, semi-diameter 6 arc-sec)
17:37 Last quarter moon
21:05 Algol is at minimum brightness
13 Sun 23.6 14:05 Moon passes 9.6 degrees south of Pluto
17:57 Moon is closest with asteroid Pallas (2.2 degrees)
15 Thu 25.6 00:29 Moon is at south most (Dec: -18 deg. 39.9 min.)
03:-- 95P/Chiron passes perihelion (Mag:15)
17:53 Algol is at minimum brightness
R-Leo is at maximum brightness (Period:310 days, Mag:4.4-11.3)
16 Fri 26.6 00:01 Moon passes 4.9 degrees north of Jupiter
17 Sat 27.6 00:29 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
04:39 Moon passes 4.6 degrees north of Neptune
06:39 Uranus is closest with Mercury (0.25 degrees)
07:09 Mercury passes 0.25 degrees north of Uranus
14:20 Moon passes 5.6 degrees north of Uranus
14:58 Moon passes 5.4 degrees north of Mercury
18:-- Moon is at perigee(360,890km, semi-diameter:33.1')
18 Sun 28.6 03:37 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
09:05 Moon is closest with Asteroid Juno (1.65 degrees)
19 Mon 0.1 08:30 New Moon
16:58 Moon passes 4.9 degrees north of Mars
18:01 Longitude of Sun reaches 330 degrees
20 Tue 1.1 23:22 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
21 Wed 2.1 03:13 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
04:11 Moon passes 4.3 degrees north of Saturn
06:24 Pluto is north most of the sun
22 Thu 3.1 13:37 Moon passes 0.05 degrees south of Venus (Occultation in Austraria)
25 Sun 6.1 03:10 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
26 Mon 7.1 14:52 First quarter moon
22:16 Moon closes with Alpha-Tau (1.05 degrees in Tokyo)
R-CVn is at maxmum brightness (Period:329 days, Mag:6.5-12.9)
28 Wed 9.1 03:33 Moon is at north most (Decl:+18 deg. 34.9 min.)
29 Thu 10.1 05:29 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
16:-- Moon is at apogee (405,276km, semi-diameter:29'30")

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