September 1997

October 1997

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Wed 29.1 04:18 Moon passes 01o13'.2 south of Mercury
14:05 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
23:01 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
2 Thu 0.4 01:52 New Moon
4 Sat 2.4 03:26 Algol is at minimum brightness
5 Sun 3.4 21:53 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
22:25 Moon passes 07o12'.4 north of Venus
6 Mon 4.4 15:26 Moon passes 06o15'.7 north of Mars
17:05 Moon passes 07o07'.5 south of Pluto
7 Tue 5.4 00:14 Algol is at minimum brightness
20:28 Mars passes 13o24'.0 south of Pluto
8 Wed 6.4 S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 375 days, Mag:6.3-13.2)
15:05 Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees
16:27 Jupiter is at apogee (R.A.:20h59m.3)
21:23 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o18'.4)
9 Thu 7.4 07:01 Neptune is at apogee (R.A.:19h56m.6)
19:-- Gamma-Dra meteor shower (Giacobinids) is at peak
20:45 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
21:03 Algol is at minimum brightness
21:22 First quarter moon
10 Fri 8.4 National holiday in Japan (Taiiku no hi)
12:-- Saturn is near to the Earth most (8.39239AU, 1,255,000,000km, Dia.:19".8)
17:52 Moon passes 03o47'.3 north of Neptune
11 Sat 9.4 07:27 Moon passes 04o23'.0 north of Uranus
15:03 Saturn is at opposition (Mag:0.2,Dia.:19".7)
20:12 Moon passes 04o14'.2 north of Jupiter
13 Mon 11.4 16:11 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction (01o06'.3 north of Sun)
19:37 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
14 Tue 12.4 10:33 Mercury is closest to Sun (00o57'.4)
13:35 Venus passes 14o59'.9 south of Pluto
22:56 Uranus is at apogee (R.A.:20h28m.9)
15 Wed 13.4 11:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (358,855km, Dia.:33'18")
04:50 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
16 Thu 14.4 03:42 Occultation of Saturn (Mag:0.2) (Tokyom, at ingress)
12:46 Full Moon
17 Fri 15.4 RU-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 485 days, Mag:6.8-14.3)
14:22 Venus is closest to Antares (01o40'.8)
18 Sat 16.4 R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Period 166 days, Mag:7.2-14.3)
20 Mon 18.4 17:52 Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees
21 Tue 19.4 04:34 Asteroid Vesta is at opposition (Mag:6.4)
11:11 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o21'.9)
22:-- Nu-Ori meteor shower is at peak (Span:Oct.10-last October)
23 Thu 21.4 13:48 Last quarter moon
18:15 Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees
24 Fri 22.4 05:07 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:33 Venus is closest to globular cluster M19 (00o15'.1)
25 Sat 23.4 S-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 285 days, Mag:7.4-12.7)
03:21 Neptune is most at east (Mag:7.9,Dia.:2".2)
26 Sun 24.4 04:39 Mars is closest to Venus (02o04'.8)
27 Mon 25.4 01:55 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:22 Venus passes 02o06'.7 south of Mars
08:50 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o42'.4)
18:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (405,605km,Dia.:29'28")
28 Tue 26.4 20:52 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
04:-- Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at south
29 Wed 27.4 X-Oph is at maximum brightness (Period 328 days, Mag:5.9-9.2)
22:44 Algol is at minimum brightness
30 Thu 28.4 R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Period 361 days, Mag:6.1-11.8)
31 Fri 29.4 19:01 New Moon

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