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August 1996 |
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| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Thu | 16.4 | 01:07 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 15:-- Alpha-Cap meteor shower is at peak(Span:Jul. 15-Aug. 25) | |||
| 2 | Fri | 17.4 | 22:02 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 3 | Sat | 18.4 | 03:54 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 22:14 Moon passes 02o49'.4 north of Saturn | |||
| R-Tri is at maximum brightness (Period 267 days,Mag:5.4-12.6) | |||
| 4 | Sun | 19.4 | 11:44 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (00o05'.5) |
| 18:-- Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at south | |||
| R-Ari is at maximum brightness (Period 187 days,Mag:7.4-13.7) | |||
| 6 | Tue | 21.4 | 05:-- Iota-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak (Span:Jul. 15-Aug. 25) |
| 14:25 Last quarter moon | |||
| Chi-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period 408 days,Mag:3.3-14.2) | |||
| 7 | Wed | 22.4 | 14:49 Longitude of the sun reaches 135 degrees |
| T-Hya is at maximum brightness (Period 300 days,Mag:6.7-13.5) | |||
| 10 | Sat | 25.4 | 02:52 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+18o25'.2) |
| 12:59 Moon passes 01o12'.0 south of Venus | |||
| 11 | Sun | 26.4 | 06:29 Moon passes 05o42'.8 south of Mars |
| 18:-- Delta-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak (Span:Jul. 15-mid August) | |||
| 12 | Mon | 27.4 | 21:-- Per meteor shower is at peak(Span:Jul. 25-Aug. 25) |
| [Star Views a la carte] Perseids Meteor Shower | |||
| 13 | Tue | 28.4 | 01:-- Moon is far from the Earth most(406,472km,Dia.:29'24") |
| 14 | Wed | 29.4 | 02:35 Pluto is at apogee(R.A.:16h03.6m) |
| 16:34 New Moon | |||
| 17 | Sat | 2.8 | 03:24 Moon passes 00o19'.5 south of Mercury |
| 16:29 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 18 | Sun | 3.8 | 20:53 Jupiter is closest to globular cluster M22 in Sgr(00o40'.2,Tokyo) |
| [Star Views a la carte] Jupiter and a globular cluster M22 | |||
| 19 | Mon | 4.8 | 18:-- Kappa-Cyg meteor shower is at peak(Span:Aug.16-Aug.23) |
| V-Mon is at maximum brightness (Period 341 days,Mag:6.0-13.9) | |||
| 20 | Tue | 5.8 | Old Tanabata |
| 01:-- Iota-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak (Span:Jul. 15-last August) | |||
| 02:53 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 12:29 Venus is at western greatest elongation(45o49'.8,Mag:-4.3,Dia.:23".6) | |||
| 09:-- Comet 121P/Shoemaker-Holt 2 passses perihelion(Period 8.01 years) | |||
| 21 | Wed | 6.8 | 22:40 Pluto is most at east(Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".1) |
| 22 | Thu | 7.8 | 01:09 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(27o24'.0,Mag:+0.3,Dia.:7".3) |
| 04:02 Moon is closest to asteroid Vesta (00o53'.6) | |||
| 12:36 First quarter moon | |||
| 17:35 Moon passes 08o54'.2 south of Pluto | |||
| 23:42 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| R-LMi is at maximum brightness (Period 372 days,Mag:6.3-13.2) | |||
| 23 | Fri | 8.8 | 05:23 Longitude of the sun reaches 150 degrees |
| 24 | Sat | 9.8 | 13:26 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-18o19'.4) |
| 25 | Sun | 10.8 | 07:04 Moon passes 05o22'.1 north of Jupiter |
| 20:30 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 26 | Mon | 11.8 | 12:10 Moon passes 04o32'.6 north of Neptune |
| 22:21 Moon passes 05o28'.9 north of Uranus | |||
| 27 | Tue | 12.8 | U-Ari is at maximum brightness (Period 371 days,Mag:7.2-15.2) |
| 28 | Wed | 13.8 | 02:-- Moon is near to the Earth most(358,781km,Dia.:33'18") |
| 12:45 Asteroid Ceres is closest to globular cluster M80 in Sco (00o18'.0,Tokyo | |||
| 29 | Thu | 14.8 | 02:52 Full Moon |
| R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Period 378 days,Mag:6.9-13.8) | |||
| 30 | Fri | 15.8 | 14:39 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 31 | Sat | 16.8 | 06:01 Moon passes 02o54'.8 north of Saturn |
| 15:-- Comet 116P/Wild 4 passses perihelion(Period 6.18 years) | |||
