January 1997

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 22.9 04:41 Last quarter moon
19:37 Venus passes 00o58'.8 south of Neptune
22:52 Neptune is closest to Venus (00o58'.0)
2 Sun 23.9 19:57 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
3 Mon 24.9 The day before the beginning of the spring
01:36 Moon passes 07o53'.6 south of Pluto
10:17 Asteroid Vesta is closest to Sun (02o31'.7)
20:-- Comet 94P/Russell 4 passses perihelion (Period 6.58 years)
4 Tue 25.9 04:02 Longitude of the sun reaches 315 degrees
17:54 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o16'.9)
22:45 Jupiter is closest to asteroid Ceres (04o35'.1)
5 Wed 26.9 06:21 Asteroid Vesta is at conjunction
6 Thu 27.9 Mira is at maximum brightness (Period 332 days, Mag:2.3-10.1)
00:42 Venus is closest to asteroid Ceres (04o15'.2)
08:59 Venus passes 00o19'.8 south of Jupiter
10:33 Jupiter is closest to Venus (00o19'.4)
13:02 Moon passes 05o23'.9 north of Mercury
16:48 Moon passes 04o09'.3 north of Neptune
18:50 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
7 Fri 28.9 R-Ari is at maximum brightness (Period 187 days, Mag:7.4-12.7)
01:-- Comet 127P/Holt-Olmstead passses perihelion (Period 6.33 years)
02:04 Moon passes 04o43'.6 north of Jupiter
03:14 Mars is at apogee (Decl.:12h27m.2)
03:21 Moon passes 05o02'.8 north of Venus
04:45 Moon passes 04o50'.1 north of Uranus
20:46 Venus passes 00o11'.7 south of Uranus
21:37 Uranus is closest to Venus (00o11'.4)
8 Sat 0.5 00:06 New Moon
04:48 Mercury passes 01o21'.4 south of Neptune
06:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (356,851km, Dia.:33'30")
07:36 Neptune is closest to Mercury (01o20'.8)
10 Mon 2.5 17:50 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
11 Tue 3.5 National holiday in Japan (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
00:38 Algol is at minimum brightness
02:09 Moon passes 01o49'.9 north of Saturn
20:01 Uranus is closest to asteroid Ceres (04o32'.3)
12 Wed 4.5 22:37 Mercury passes 01o01'.9 south of Jupiter
13 Thu 5.5 02:01 Jupiter is closest to Mercury (01o01'.9)
09:16 Mercury passes 00o53'.7 south of Uranus
12:03 Uranus is closest to Mercury (00o52'.8)
21:27 Algol is at minimum brightness
21:53 Mercury is closest to asteroid Ceres (03o40'.3)
14 Fri 6.5 17:57 First quarter moon
15 Sat 7.5 05:14 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
20:37 Occultation of Aldebaran (Mag:1.1) (Sapporo, at ingress)
16 Sun 8.5 11:36 Uranus is closest to Jupiter (00o10'.1)
17:20 Jupiter passes 00o10'.4 north of Uranus
18:17 Algol is at minimum brightness
17 Mon 9.5 11:39 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o13'.5)
18 Tue 10.5 R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Period 284 days, Mag:5.5-12.0)
23:51 Longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees
19 Wed 11.5 01:24 Occultation of Lambda-Gem (Mag:3.7) (Tokyo, at ingress)
20 Thu 12.5 T-Cep is at maximum brightness (Period 388 days, Mag:5.2-11.3)
22 Sat 14.5 02:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (406,398km, Dia.:29'24")
04:48 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
19:26 Full Moon
22:43 Pluto is most at west (Mag:13.8,Dia.:0.1")
23 Sun 15.5 R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Period 137 days, Mag:7.0-14.3)
03:09 Venus is closest to asteroid Vesta (01o46'.4)
25 Tue 17.5 R-Ser is at maximum brightness (Period 356 days, Mag:5.1-14.4)
01:04 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
10:23 Moon passes 03o28'.5 south of Mars
26 Wed 18.5 T-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 256 days, Mag:6.6-13.5)
05:57 Mercury is closest to asteroid Vesta (00o54'.8)

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