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August 1997 |
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| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Fri | 27.3 | 21:-- Alpha-Cap meteor shower is at peak (Span:July 15 - Aug.25) |
| 01:38 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 2 | Sat | 28.3 | 01:37 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 3 | Sun | 29.3 | 03:32 Saturn is at apogee (R.A.:01h19m.1) |
| 07:59 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (02o51'.3) | |||
| 17:14 New Moon | |||
| 4 | Mon | 0.8 | 06:35 Asteroid Vesta is closest to Alpha-Psc (00o32'.1) |
| 09:30 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (27o19'.2,Mag:0.4,Dia.:7".6) | |||
| 22:25 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 6 | Wed | 2.8 | R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 145 days, Mag:6.1-12.1) |
| 03:55 Moon passes 00o59'.3 north of Mercury | |||
| 11:-- Iota-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak (Span:July 15-Aug.25) | |||
| 18:15 Moon passes 01o35'.5 south of Venus | |||
| 23:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (405,934km, Dia.:29'26") | |||
| 7 | Thu | 3.8 | 20:36 Longitude of the sun reaches 135 degrees |
| 11:-- Comet 78P/Gehrels 2 passses perihelion (Period 7.20 years) | |||
| 8 | Fri | 4.8 | RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period 190 days, Mag:6.0-10.1) |
| RS-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 219 days, Mag:7.0-12.0) | |||
| 01:38 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 9 | Sat | 5.8 | Original Tanabata |
| 10 | Sun | 6.8 | 00:21 Moon passes 03o50'.5 north of Mars |
| 05:29 Jupiter is at opposition (Mag:-2.8,Dia.:48".6) | |||
| 10:-- Jupiter is near to the Earth most (4.04908AU, 606,000,000km,Dia.:48".6) | |||
| 11 | Mon | 7.8 | 21:42 First quarter moon |
| 23:-- Delta-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak (Span:July 15-mid August) | |||
| 12 | Tue | 8.8 | 17:-- Per meteor shower is at peak (Span:July 25-Aug.25) |
| 13 | Wed | 9.8 | R-Ari is at maximum brightness (Period 187 days, Mag:7.4-12.7) |
| 02:36 Moon passes 07o36'.1 south of Pluto | |||
| 15 | Fri | 11.8 | 05:27 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o18'.2) |
| 16 | Sat | 12.8 | 14:02 Pluto is at apogee( R.A.:16h12m.8) |
| 17 | Sun | 13.8 | 00:44 Moon passes 03o45'.3 north of Neptune |
| 11:41 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.:11h03m.2) | |||
| 14:24 Moon passes 04o21'.1 north of Uranus | |||
| 18 | Mon | 14.8 | 06:32 Moon passes 04o00'.6 north of Jupiter |
| 19:56 Full Moon | |||
| 19 | Tue | 15.8 | R-Dra is at maximum brightness (Period 245 days, Mag:6.7-13.2) |
| 14:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (358,018km,Dia.:33'22") | |||
| 21:08 Occultation of Lambda-Aqr (Mag:3.8) (Sapporo, at ingress) | |||
| 20 | Wed | 16.8 | 00:-- Kappa-Cyg meteor shower is at peak (Span:Aug.16-Aug.23) |
| 07:-- Iota-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak (Span:July 15-late August) | |||
| 21 | Thu | 17.8 | 07:07 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 22 | Fri | 18.8 | R-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 301 days, Mag:6.5-13.7) |
| 03:17 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 11:18 Moon passes 00o00'.5 south of Saturn (Saturn occultation in Africa) | |||
| 23 | Sat | 19.8 | 11:19 Longitude of the sun reaches 150 degrees |
| 24 | Sun | 20.8 | 16:58 Pluto is most at east (Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".1) |
| 25 | Mon | 21.8 | 00:05 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 11:24 Last quarter moon | |||
| 26 | Tue | 22.8 | 18:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south |
| 27 | Wed | 23.8 | 20:32 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o16'.1) |
| 20:54 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 28 | Thu | 24.8 | U-Ari is at maximum brightness (Period 371 days, Mag:7.5-15.5) |
| 29 | Fri | 25.8 | U-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 406 days, Mag:6.4-13.4) |
| R-LMi is at maximum brightness (Period 372 days, Mag:6.3-13.2) | |||
| 30 | Sat | 26.8 | 16:-- Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup passses perihelion (Period 5.11 years) |
| 31 | Sun | 27.8 | 01:40 Mercury is at inferior conjunction (04o29'.4 south of Sun) |
| 17:56 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o02'.3) | |||
