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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 14.6 16:15 Moon passes 9.9 degrees south of Pluto
21:04 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
2 Sun 15.6 00:14 Moon closes to asteroid Ceres (0.8 degrees), Occultation
05:47 Full Moon
3 Mon 16.6 04:57 Moon is at south most (Decl. -18 35'.4)
W-And is at maximum brightness (Period 396 days, Mag:6.7 - 14.6)
4 Tue 17.6 01:-- Moon is at perigee (361,488km, Semi-diameter 33'04")
14:32 Moon passes 5.1 degrees north of Jupiter
T-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 257 days, Mag:6.6-13.5)
5 Wed 18.6 08:59 Moon passes 4.5 degrees north of Neptune
18:41 Longitude of the sun reaches 75 degrees
20:50 Moon passes 5.5 degrees north of Uranus
7 Fri 20.6 R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Period 166 days, Mag:7.2-14)
8 Sat 21.6 20:05 Last quarter moon
20:39 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
9 Sun 22.6 10:36 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
23:34 Moon closes to asteroid Juno (6.9 degrees)
10 Mon 23.6 06:39 Moon passes 3.2 degrees north of Saturn
17:52 Mercury is at western greatest elongation (Mag:+0.6, Semi-diameter :8".2)
20:-- 32P/Comas Sola passes perihelion (Period 8.87 years)
11 Tue 24.6 00:09 Longitude of the sun reaches 80 degrees
00:11 Venus closes most with the Sun (0.5 degrees)
01:54 Venus is inferior conjunction (0.5 degrees south of the Sun)
12 Wed 25.6 21:-- Mercury is at greatest latitude
14 Fri 27.6 09:20 Moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Mercury (Occultation in Australia)
09:48 Moon passes 3.6 degrees south of Mars
22:35 Mercury passes 3.1 degrees south of Mars
15 Sat 28.6 04:15 Algol is at minimum brightness
18:13 Moon passes 2.9 degrees south of Venus
20:13 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
16 Sun 0.0 10:36 New Moon
12:42 Moon is at north most(+18o36'.9)
17 Mon 1.0 07:10 Mars is closest with Mercury (2.8 degrees)
18 Tue 2.0 01:04 Algol is at minimum brightness
19 Wed 3.0 15:-- Moon is at apogee (406,039km, Semi-diameter:29'26")
RU-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 485 days, Mag:6.8 - 14.3)
21 Fri 5.0 11:24 Longitude of the sun reaches 90 degrees ("Geshi" in Japan)
20:24 Occultation of Pi-Leo (Mag:4.9)
22 Sat 6.0 19:48 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
23 Sun 7.0 15:07 Venus is closest with Mercury (1.5 degrees)
20:37 Mercury passes 1.6 degrees north of Venus
T-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 165 days, Mag:6.8 - 13.7)
24 Mon 8.0 02:01 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
14:23 First quarter moon
25 Tue 9.0 04:-- 119P/Parker-Hartley passes perihelion
27 Thu 11.0 14:56 Moon is closest with Venus (4.6 degrees)
28 Fri 12.0 13:49 Saturn is at west most (Mag:+0.9, Semi-diameter 17".5)
29 Sat 13.0 01:31 Moon passes 9.7 degrees south of Pluto
02:17 Moon is closest with asteroid Ceres (2.3 degrees)
02:38 Mars is closest with Venus (4.0 degrees)
19:23 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
30 Sun 14.0 12:48 Venus passes 4.2 degrees south of Mars
16:24 Moon is at south most (Decl. -18 35'.4)
22:36 Saturn is closest with asteroid Juno (4.5 degrees)

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