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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sun 25.3 00:05 Moon is closest to asteroid Vesta (04o22'.2)
12:12 Moon passes 00o27'.9 north of Saturn (Saturn occultation)
13:08 Occultation of Saturn (Mag:0.8) (Tokyo, at ingress)
2 Mon 26.3 R-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period 426 days, Mag:6.1-14.4)
3 Tue 27.3 21:33 Moon passes 01o37'.6 south of Mercury
5 Thu 29.3 16:04 New Moon
6 Fri 0.8 00:33 Longitude of the sun reaches 75 degrees
22:15 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
22:26 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o26'.6)
7 Sat 1.8 02:02 Moon passes 05o57'.2 south of Venus
07:35 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o14'.5)
9 Mon 3.8 00:59 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
01:33 Europa, the second satellite of Jupiter enters the shadow of Io, the first (83% reduced)
10 Tue 4.8 20:08 Jupiter is at apogee (R.A.:21h38m.3)
11 Wed 5.8 05:58 Longitude of the sun reaches 80 degrees
12 Thu 6.8 14:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (404,184km, Dia.:29'34")
13 Fri 7.8 W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Period 198 days, Mag:7.3-13.0)
13:51 First quarter moon
21:50 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
14 Sat 8.8 00:59 Moon passes 00o16'.6 south of Mars (Mars occultation in Africa)
08:28 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
19 Thu 13.8 S-Ser is at maximum brightness (Period 371 days, Mag:7.0-14.1)
09:42 Moon passes 08o15'.9 south of Pluto
20 Fri 14.8 01:27 Algol is at minimum brightness
21:25 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
21 Sat 15.8 04:09 Full Moon
07:53 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o27'.7)
17:20 Longitude of the sun reaches 90 degrees
23:11 Io, the first satellite of Jupiter, enters the shadow of Europa, the second (70% reduced)
23:31 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
23 Mon 17.8 04:53 Mars is most at east (Mag:0.5, Dia.:7".8)
07:27 Moon passes 03o41'.3 north of Neptune
19:14 Saturn is closest to asteroid Vesta (04o09'.6)
22:29 Moon passes 04o17'.4 north of Uranus
24 Tue 18.8 14:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (366,500km, Dia.:32'36")
21:06 Moon passes 03o33'.9 north of Jupiter
26 Thu 20.8 01:51 Mercury is closest to Sun (01o10'.3)
03:30 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction (01o10'.5 north of Sun)
27 Fri 21.8 21:00 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
21:42 Last quarter moon
14:39 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
28 Sat 22.8 T-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 165 days, Mag:6.8-13.7)
21:01 Moon passes 00o09'.9 north of Saturn (Saturn occultation in Middle and South America)
22:58 Moon is closest to asteroid Vesta (04o23'.8)
29 Sun 23.8 02:19 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness

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