October 1996

November 1996

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Fri 19.5 01:-- Comet P/1983M1 IRAS passses perihelion
05:-- Comet 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett passses perihelion(Period 8.12 years)
2 Sat 20.5 04:36 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(01o21'.3 north of Sun)
11:02 Mercury is closest to Sun (00o18'.9)
R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Period 362 days,Mag:6.1-11.8)
3 Sun 21.5 National holiday in Japan (Bunka no hi)
04:-- Tau (south) meteor shower is at peak (Span:first October-last November)
16:50 Last quarter moon
21:50 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
23:-- Moon is far from the Earth most(404,318km,Dia.:29'34")
4 Mon 22.5 National holiday in Japan
R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Period 317 days,Mag:6.7-14.4)
5 Tue 23.5 09:-- Comet D/1978C2 Triron passses perihelion(Period 6.34 years)
17:09 Moon passes 04o48'.1 south of Mars
7 Thu 25.5 12:27 Longitude of the sun reaches 225 degrees
14:36 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
20:42 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
8 Fri 26.5 18:32 Moon passes 01o23'.3 south of Venus
9 Sat 27.5 08:-- Comet 124P/Mrkos passses perihelion(Period 5.64 years)
R-Gem is at maximum brightness (Period 370 days,Mag:6.0-14.0)
11 Mon 29.5 06:25 Algol is at minimum brightness
13:16 New Moon
19:34 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
21:54 Moon passes 04o37'.1 north of Mercury
12 Tue 1.0 11:-- Tau (north) meteor shower is at peak (Span:first October-last November)
15:24 Moon passes 08o13'.2 south of Pluto
14 Thu 3.0 00:11 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
08:29 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-18o21'.0)
03:14 Algol is at minimum brightness
T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Period 202 days,Mag:7.2-14.2)
15 Fri 4.0 14:27 Moon passes 05o23'.1 north of Jupiter
18:26 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
16 Sat 5.0 07:55 Moon passes 04o29'.0 north of Neptune
14:-- Moon is near to the Earth most(369,462km,Dia.:32'20")
18:17 Moon passes 05o21'.1 north of Uranus
17 Sun 6.0 00:03 Algol is at minimum brightness
15:-- Gamma-Leo meteor shower is at peak(Span:Nov.10-Nov.20)
18 Mon 7.0 10:09 First quarter moon
11:32 Mercury passes 13o59.8' north of Pluto
23:43 Occultation of Theta-Aqr(Mag:4.3)(time of Fukuoka)
19 Tue 8.0 20:52 Algol is at minimum brightness
20 Wed 9.0 17:28 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Period 166 days,Mag:7.2-14)
21 Thu 10.0 00:06 Moon passes 03o12'.9 north of Saturn
22 Fri 11.0 09:49 Longitude of the sun reaches 240 degrees
17:41 Algol is at minimum brightness
23 Sat 12.0 National holiday in Japan (Kinro kansya no hi)
S-Scl is at maximum brightness (Period 363 days,Mag:5.5-13.6)
24 Sun 13.0 13:-- Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at north
R-Psc is at maximum brightness (Period 345 days,Mag:7.0-14.8)
25 Mon 14.0 13:10 Full Moon
26 Tue 15.0 02:22 Moon is closest to Aldebaran (00o38'.4(Tokyo))
22:43 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
27 Wed 16.0 12:28 Moon is at north most(R.A.:+18o24'.4)
16:58 Pluto is at conjunction(12o33'.7 north of Sun)
29 Fri 18.0 05:11 Occultation of Lambda-Gem(Mag:3.7)(time of Sapporo)
07:-- Asteroid Toutatis is nearest to the Earth(0.04AU)
W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Period 198 days,Mag:7.3-13.3)
X-Oph is at maximum brightness (Period 329 days,Mag:5.9-9.2)

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