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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Mon 12.7 09:47 Venus is at eastern greatest elongation (Mag:-4.4, Semi-Diameter:23".5)
2 Tue 13.7 22:01 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
R-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period:426 days, Mag:6.1-14.4)
3 Wed 14.7 18:12 Venus approaches Merope in M45 (0.6 degrees)
4 Thu 15.7 09:07 Full Moon (Moon eclipse in europe)
21:02 Longitude of the Sun reaches 15 degrees
5 Fri 16.7 Moon approaches to spica (Alpha-Vir)
7 Sun 18.7 00:31 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
8 Mon 19.7 01:09 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
01:14 Moon passes 9.6 degrees south of Pluto
20:31 Moon closes to asteroid Ceres (1.0 degrees)
9 Tue 20.7 12:00 Jupiter is west most from the Sun (Mag:-2.2, Semi-Diameter38".7)
12:34 Moon is at south most(Decl.-18.45 degrees)
11 Thu 22.7 01:56 Moon passes 5.2 degrees north of Jupiter
05:10 Occultation of Rho-Sgr (Mag:4.0) (Time at Hiroshima,Japan, appearance)
08:36 Last quarter moon
12:-- Moon is at perigee (369,911km, Semi-Diameter:32'18")
20:49 Moon passes 4.8 degrees north of Neptune
12 Fri 23.7 08:42 Moon passes 5.7 degrees north of Uranus
13 Sat 24.7 20:-- Venus is at north most
14 Sun 25.7 00:05 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
17:15 Moon closes to asteroid Juno (1.6 degrees)
15 Mon 26.7 21:50 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
R-Dra is at maximum brightness (Period:246 days, Mag:6.7-13.2)
16 Tue 27.7 10:05 Moon passes 3.7 degrees north of Saturn
17 Wed 28.7 02:31 "Doyoh" in Japan (Longitude of the sun is 27 degrees)
14:16 Moon passes 0.6 degrees north of Mars (Occultation northern Fukushima, Japan)
18 Thu 0.2 04:32 Mars is far from Earth most (2.3853773AU)
07:49 New Moon (Partial eclipse in New Zealand, Southern Pacific)
19:56 Algol is at minimum brightness
19 Fri 1.2 19:30 Moon passes 5.4 degrees south of Mercury
20:-- Mercury is at north most
20 Sat 2.2 04:10 Longitude of the sun reaches 30 degrees
23:39 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
23:42 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
21 Sun 3.2 23:14 Moon passes 8.8 degrees south of Venus
W-Cet is at maximum brightness(Period:351 days, Mag:7.1-14.8)
22 Mon 4.2 02:29 Neptune is west most of the Sun (Mag:7.9, Semi-Diameter:3".6)
07:-- Kappa-Lyr meteors peak (16 Apr. to 25 Apr)
20:13 Moon is at north most (Decl.+18.5 degrees)
V-CrB is at maximum brightness (Period:358 days, Mag:6.9-12.6)
23 Tue 5.2 16:48 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (Mag:+0.3, Semi-Diameter:7".8)
24 Wed 6.2 19:16 Occultation of Lambda-Gem (Mag:3.7) (Time at Tokyo)
25 Thu 7.2 07:-- Moon is at apogee (404,378km, Semi-Diameter:29'34")
01:-- Comet 120P/Mueller 1 passes Perihelion
23:-- Vir meteors peak (March - May)
26 Fri 8.2 05:40 First quarter moon
21:37 Occultation of Alpha-Cnc (Mag:4.3) (Time at Tokyo)
T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Period:202 days, Mag:7.2-14.2)
27 Sat 9.2 23:13 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
29 Mon 11.2 National Holiday in Japan
17:55 Neptune is at stationary (R.A.19h58.9m)
20:32 Uranus is at west most (Mag:5.8, Semi-Diameter:3".6)
30 Tue 12.2 04:07 Asteroid Paras is at opposition (Mag:8.4)
07:06 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere

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