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May 1996 |
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| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Wed | 13.2 | Japanese 88th Night |
| S-CMi is at maximum brightness (Period 333 days, Mag 6.6-13.2) | |||
| 3 | Fri | 15.2 | National Holiday in Japan (Law's Day) |
| 20:48 Full Moon | |||
| 22:15 Beta-Lyr is a minimum brightness | |||
| 4 | Sat | 16.2 | National Holiday in Japan |
| 18:43 Mercury is at stationary (R.A. 03h43.7m) | |||
| 22:47 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23:17 Venus is at maximum brightness (Mag -4.5, Semi-diameter 36".8) | |||
| 5 | Sun | 17.2 | National Holiday in Japan (Children's Day) |
| 02:30 Jupiter is at stationary (R.A. 19h16.5m) | |||
| 07:51 Moon passes 9.8 degrees south of Pluto | |||
| 13:-- Eta-Aqr meteors peak (Last of April to May 18) | |||
| 14:26 Longitude of the sun reaches 45 degrees ("Rikka") | |||
| 6 | Mon | 18.2 | National Holiday in Japan |
| 00:02 Moon and Asteroid Ceres closes most 0.3 degrees) | |||
| 19:25 Moon is at south most (Decl. -18d 30'.6) | |||
| 7 | Tue | 19.2 | 07:-- Moon is at perigee(366,530km, Semi-diameter 32'36") |
| RS-Lib is at maximum brightness (Period 218 days, Mag 7.0-13.0) | |||
| 8 | Wed | 20.2 | 09:11 Moon passes 5.2 degrees north of Jupiter |
| 9 | Thu | 21.2 | 02:24 Moon passes 4.7 degrees north of Neptune |
| 08:46 Uranus is at stationary (R.A. 20h28.3m) | |||
| 14:36 Moon passes 5.7 degrees north of Uranus | |||
| 10 | Fri | 22.2 | 14:04 Last quarter moon |
| R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Period 284 days, Mag 5.5-12.0) | |||
| 11 | Sat | 23.2 | 16:56 Asteroid Vesta is at opposition (Mag 5.6) |
| 22:21 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 12 | Sun | 24.2 | 10:-- P/1989E3 West-Hartley passes perihelion (Period 7.59 years) |
| 18:52 Moon and Asteroid Juno closes most (01d 48'.5) | |||
| 13 | Mon | 25.2 | 04:18 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 21:32 Moon passes 3.5 degrees north of Saturn | |||
| 15 | Wed | 27.2 | 08:27 Mercury and Sun closes most (00d 37'.1) |
| 12:46 Mercury is at inferior conjunction (00d 40'.8 south of the sun) | |||
| 16 | Thu | 28.2 | 11:56 Moon passes 1.7 degrees south of Mars |
| 20:48 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Period 198 days, Mag 7.3-13.3) | |||
| 17 | Fri | 29.2 | 13:03 Moon passes 1.9 degrees south of Mercury |
| 20:46 New Moon | |||
| 18 | Sat | 0.6 | 21:55 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 20 | Mon | 2.6 | 04:43 Moon is at north most (Decl. +18d 33'.5) |
| 09:40 Moon passes 8.5 degrees south of Venus | |||
| 16:03 Venus is at stationary (R.A. 05h52.4m) | |||
| 21 | Tue | 3.6 | 03:23 Longitude of the sun reaches 60 degrees |
| 23 | Thu | 5.6 | 01:-- Moon is at apogee (405,066km, Semi-Diameter 29'30") |
| 25 | Sat | 7.6 | 13:32 Pluto is at opposition (Mag 13.7, Semi-Diameter 0".1) |
| 21:30 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23:13 First quarter moon | |||
| R-Vus is at maximum brightness (Period 137 days, Mag 7.0-14.3) | |||
| RS-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 220 days, Mag7.0-13.0) | |||
| 26 | Sun | 8.6 | R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 146 days, Mag 6.1-12.1) |
| 27 | Mon | 9.6 | 16:29 Mercury is at stationary (R.A. 03h12.7m) |
| 16:48 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 28 | Tue | 10.6 | 21:25 Mars and Mercury closes most (03d 22'.5) |
| 29 | Wed | 11.6 | 19:20 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness |
| Moon closes to Spica | |||
| 30 | Thu | 12.6 | 04:-- 72P/Denning-Fujikawa passes perihelion (Period 8.85 years) |
| 19:11 Asteroid Ceres is at opposition (Mag 7.0) | |||
| 31 | Fri | 13.6 | 14:25 Mercury passes 3.7 degrees south of Mars |
