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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sun 17.8 00:18 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o09'.5)
3 Tue 19.8 22:56 Jupiter is at apogee(R.A.:18h34.1m)
4 Wed 20.8 04:39 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:12h06.4m)
19:37 Mars is closest to Venus (02o51'.4)
5 Thu 21.8 00:20 Venus passes 02o51'.4 south of Mars
04:06 Last quarter moon
6 Fri 22.8 09:55 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+18o16'.1)
R-Lep is at maximum brightness (Period 427 days,Mag:5.5-11.7)
7 Sat 23.8 17:42 Longitude of the sun reaches 165 degrees
8 Sun 24.8 02:59 Occultation of Lambda-Gem(Mag:3.7)(time of Tokyo)
21:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south
9 Mon 25.8 04:05 Moon passes 05o54'.8 south of Mars
04:33 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:10 Moon passes 03o17'.2 south of Venus
11:-- Moon is far from the Earth most(405,739km,Dia.:29'28")
R-Boo is at maximum brightness (Period 223 days,Mag:6.2-13.1)
11 Wed 27.8 R-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Period 270 days,Mag:6.7-12.8)
12 Thu 28.8 01:22 Algol is at minimum brightness
13 Fri 0.2 02:10 Asteroid Ceres closes to Antares (02o46'.7,Tokyo)
08:07 New Moon
22:40 Moon passes 03o16'.7 north of Mercury
22:40 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
14 Sat 1.2 22:11 Algol is at minimum brightness
15 Sun 2.2 National holiday in Japan (Keiro no hi)
16 Mon 3.2 National holiday in Japan
17 Tue 4.2 05:06 Mercury is at inferior conjunction(03o37'.1 south of Sun)
18:59 Algol is at minimum brightness
18 Wed 5.2 02:06 Mercury is closest to Sun (03o07'.1)
19:41 Occultation of Theta-Lib(Mag:4.3)(time of Tokyo)
23:52 Moon passes 08o32'.6 south of Pluto
19 Thu 6.2 05:32 Moon is closest to asteroid Vesta (03o02'0)
20 Fri 7.2 Higan no iri
15:23 Jupiter is closest to globular cluster M22 in Sgr (00o31'.7,Tokyo)
20:20 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-18o13'.2)
20:23 First quarter moon
21 Sat 8.2 14:58 Moon passes 05o30'.4 north of Jupiter
22 Sun 9.2 19:49 Moon passes 04o38'.5 north of Neptune
U-Cet is at maximum brightness (Period 235 days,Mag:6.8-13.4)
23 Mon 10.2 National holiday in Japan (Syubun no hi)
03:00 Longitude of the sun reaches 180 degrees
05:55 Moon passes 05o33'.9 north of Uranus
25 Wed 12.2 07:-- Moon is near to the Earth most(363,059km,Dia.:32'54")
S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 375 days,Mag:6.3-13.2)
26 Thu 13.2 07:07 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:11h18.9m)
27 Fri 14.2 01:12 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
11:51 Full Moon(Lunar Eclipse in Europe,North America)
13:21 Moon passes 03o08'.1 north of Saturn
S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Period 360 days,Mag:5.8-14.1)
28 Sat 15.2 05:49 Saturn is at opposition(Mag:+0.5,Dia.:19".5)
29 Sun 16.2 RT-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Period 306 days,Mag:6.0-14.1)

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