September 1996

October 1996

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
2 Wed 19.2 03:02 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:53 Moon closes Aldebaran (00o24'.1,Tokyo)
R-Oph is at maximum brightness (Period 307 days,Mag:7.0-13.8)
3 Thu 20.2 14:48 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(17o54'.9,Mag:-0.5,Dia.:7".0)
17:51 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+18o12'.7)
4 Fri 21.2 07:04 Jupiter is most at east(Mag:-2.2,Dia.:38".6)
08:03 Venus is closest to Regulus (00o11'.1,Tokyo)
21:04 Last quarter moon
23:51 Algol is at minimum brightness
6 Sun 23.2 21:21 Neptune is at apogee(R.A.:19h47.3m)
RS-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 354 days,Mag:7.0-14.6)
7 Mon 24.2 03:-- Moon is far from the Earth most(404,797km,Dia.:29'32")
05:46 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
20:39 Algol is at minimum brightness
23:58 Moon passes 05o34'.3 south of Mars
8 Tue 25.2 09:19 Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees
16:-- Gamma-Dra meteor shower (Giacobinids) is at peak
17:35 asteroid Juno is at opposition(Mag:7.5)
9 Wed 26.2 13:08 Moon passes 03o34'.1 south of Venus
R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Period 137 days,Mag:7.0-14.3)
10 Thu 27.2 National holiday in Japan (Taiiku no hi)
12:26 Uranus is at apogee(R.A.:20h11.9m)
11 Fri 28.2 04:38 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
05:48 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
18:45 Moon passes 02o29'.8 south of Mercury
12 Sat 29.2 19:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
23:14 New Moon(Partial solar eclipse in Europe)
15 Tue 2.5 03:30 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
11:-- Comet 96P/Machholz 1 passses perihelion(Period:5.24)
16 Wed 3.5 06:37 Moon passes 08o19'.6 south of Pluto
17 Thu 4.5 09:38 Moon is closest to asteroid Vesta (04o37'.6)
18 Fri 5.5 01:49 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-18o14'.4)
19 Sat 6.5 01:06 Moon passes 05o30'.9 north of Jupiter
R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 146 days,Mag:6.1-12.1)
20 Sun 7.5 01:50 Moon passes 04o37'.7 north of Neptune
03:09 First quarter moon
11:56 Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees
12:03 Moon passes 05o31'.9 north of Uranus
21 Mon 8.5 16:-- Nu-Ori meteor shower is at peak(Span:Oct.10-last October)
22 Tue 9.5 04:43 Algol is at minimum brightness
10:46 Neptune is most at east(Mag:7.9,Dia.:2".2)
18:-- Moon is near to the Earth most(368,355km,Dia.:32'26")
23 Wed 10.5 01:14 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
12:19 Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees
24 Thu 11.5 10:15 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
19:22 Moon passes 03o17'.8 north of Saturn
25 Fri 12.5 01:32 Algol is at minimum brightness
26 Sat 13.5 23:11 Full Moon
R-CMi is at maximum brightness (Period 338 days,Mag:7.3-11.6)
27 Sun 14.5 00:06 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
22:21 Algol is at minimum brightness
28 Mon 15.5 23:05 Uranus is most at east(Mag:5.7,Dia.:3".5)
U-Ori is at maximum brightness (Period 368 days,Mag:4.8-13.0)
30 Wed 17.5 22:58 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
22:58 Algol is at minimum brightness
R-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 302 days,Mag:6.5-13.7)
31 Thu 18.5 02:53 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+18o17'.2)

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