August 1997

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Mon 28.8 04:04 Mercury is closest to Sun (03o59'.2)
2 Tue 0.1 Z-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period 263 days, Mag:7.1-14.7)
01:54 Moon passes 02o42'.9 north of Mercury
08:51 New Moon (Partial solar eclipse in Australia and New Zealand)
3 Wed 1.1 06:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (406,472km,Dia.:29'24")
4 Thu 2.1 08:08 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
5 Fri 3.1 00:29 Asteroid Ceres is at opposition (Mag:7.7)
11:58 Jupiter is closest to Theta-Cap (00o24'.8)
21:16 Moon passes 03o16'.7 north of Venus
7 Sun 5.1 05:35 Venus is closest to Spica (01o41'.7)
06:50 Mars is closest to Alpha-Lib (01o11'.9)
18:27 Moon passes 05o24'.1 north of Mars
23:29 Longitude of the sun reaches 165 degrees
8 Mon 6.1 R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Period 378 days, Mag:6.9-13.8)
20:04 Europa, the second satellite of Jupiter, enters the shadow of Ganymede, the third (100% reduced)
9 Tue 7.1 10:11 Moon passes 07o17'.6 south of Pluto
14:50 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.:10h16m.6)
10 Wed 8.1 10:31 First quarter moon
11 Thu 9.1 14:30 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o14'.6)
12 Fri 10.1 RR-Sco is at maximum brightness (Period 281 days, Mag:5.0-12.4)
13 Sat 11.1 10:00 Moon passes 03o50'.0 north of Neptune
23:27 Moon passes 04o26'.0 north of Uranus
14 Sun 12.1 01:45 Algol is at minimum brightness
12:38 Moon passes 04o15'.5 north of Jupiter
15 Mon 13.1 National holiday in Japan (Keiro no hi)
16 Tue 14.1
00:10 Europa, the second satellite of Jupiter, enters the shadow of Ganymede, the third (96% reduced)
03:34 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
22:34 Algol is at minimum brightness
17 Wed 15.1 R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Period 317 days, Mag:6.7-14.4)
Chi-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period 408 days, Mag:3.3-14.2)
00:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (356,970km,Dia.:33'28")
03:47 Total lunar eclipse in Japan
03:50 Full Moon
06:19 Mercury is at western greatest elongation (17o53'.1,Mag:-0.3,Dia.:7".1)
17:46 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
18 Thu 16.1 18:59 Moon passes 00o11'.1 north of Saturn (Saturn occultation in North America)
19 Fri 17.1 19:22 Algol is at minimum brightness
20 Sat 18.1 Higan no iri
02:25 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
22 Mon 20.1 01:21 Occultation of Gamma-Tau (Mag:3.9) (Tokyo, at egress)
09:53 Occultation of Aldebaran (Mag:1.1) (Sapporo, at ingress)
18:45 Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter, hides Europa, the second (57% reduced)
23 Tue 21.1 National holiday in Japan (Syubun no hi)
S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Period 360 days, Mag:5.8-14.1)
T-Dra is at maximum brightness (Period 421 days, Mag:7.2-13.5)
08:56 Longitude of the sun reaches 180 degrees
22:35 Last quarter moon
24 Wed 22.1 RS-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 354 days, Mag:7.0-14.6)
01:18 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
02:56 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o15'.1)
27 Sat 25.1 R-Cam is at maximum brightness (Period 270 days, Mag:7.0-14.4)
28 Sun 26.1 00:09 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
29 Mon 27.1 R-CMi is at maximum brightness (Period 338 days, Mag:7.2-11.6)
02:19 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o21'.3)
15:-- Comet 43P/Wolf-Harrington passses perihelion (Period 6.46 years)
16:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
30 Tue 28.1 08:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (406,323km, Dia.:29'24")

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