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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
2 Wed 26.8 05:00 Longitude of the sun reaches 100 degrees
15:22 Occultation of Aldebaran (Mag:1.1) (Tokyo, at ingress)
3 Thu 27.8 17:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
4 Fri 28.8 07:17 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o27'.4)
20:35 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
22:04 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
5 Sat 0.3 Mag:W-And is at maximum brightness (Period 396 days,6.7-14.6)
03:40 New Moon
04:39 Earth passses aphelion (1.0167536AU)
20:29 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (02o53'.6)
23:10 Neptune is closest to globular cluster M75 (02o01'.3)
6 Sun 1.3 06:07 Moon passes 06o08'.2 south of Mercury
7 Mon 2.3 Tanabata
10:49 Longitude of the sun reaches 105 degrees
11:19 Moon passes 05o06'.5 south of Venus
06:-- Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at north
10 Thu 5.3 R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Period 137 days, Mag:7.0-14.3)
03:08 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (404,946km, Dia.:29'30")
10:11 Saturn is most at west (Mag:0.7,Dia.:17".6)
11 Fri 6.3 17:42 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
20:10 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
12 Sat 7.3 10:01 Moon passes 01o50'.8 north of Mars
23:57 Algol is at minimum brightness
13 Sun 8.3 06:44 First quarter moon
08:41 Asteroid Pallas is at opposition (Mag:9.6)
16 Wed 11.3 RS-Lib is at maximum brightness (Period 217 days, Mag:7.0-13.0)
18:10 Moon passes 07o58'.5 south of Pluto
17 Thu 12.3 20:36 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
23:19 Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter, enters the shadow of Io, the second (79% reduced)
18 Fri 13.3 18:43 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o24'.6)
19:45 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
20 Sun 15.3 National holiday in Japan (Umi no hi)
V-Mon is at maximum brightness (Period 340 days, Mag:6.0-13.9)
00:48 Longitude of the sun reaches 117 degrees
12:20 Full Moon
15:24 Moon passes 03o40'.3 north of Neptune
21 Mon 16.3 National holiday in Japan
05:40 Moon passes 04o16'.1 north of Uranus
12:-- Neptune is near to the Earth most (29.13332AU, 4,358,000,000km, Dia.:2".3)
14:08 Neptune is at opposition (Mag:7.8,Dia.:2".3)
19:01 Asteroid Juno is at conjunction
22 Tue 17.3 01:41 Moon passes 03o42'.2 north of Jupiter
08:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (361,578km, Dia.:33'02")
23 Wed 18.3 U-UMi is at maximum brightness (Period 331 days, Mag:7.1-13.0)
04:15 Longitude of the sun reaches 120 degrees
18:26 Venus is closest to Regulus (01o05'.2)
24 Thu 19.3 22:02 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
25 Fri 20.3 19:20 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
26 Sat 21.3 04:14 Moon passes 00o01'.1 south of Saturn (Saturn occultation in Southeast Asia)
17:45 Moon is closest to asteroid Vesta (04o57'.3)
27 Sun 22.3 03:28 Last quarter moon
23:09 Venus is closest to Mercury (04o27'.0)
29 Tue 24.3 09:-- Uranus is near to the Earth most (18.80951AU, 2,814,000,000km, Dia.:3".7)
15:-- Delta-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak (Span:July 21-late August)
30 Wed 25.3 08:32 Uranus is at opposition (Mag:5.7, Dia.:3".7')
31 Thu 26.3 R-Oph is at maximum brightness (Period 306 days, Mag:7.0-13.8)
RT-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Period 306 days, Mag:6.0-14.1)
14:28 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o22'.3)

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