October 1997

November 1997

December 1997


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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 0.7 R-Leo is at maximum brightness (Period 310 days, Mag:4.4-11.3)
05:-- Comet 48P/Johnson passses perihelion (Period 6.97 years)
15:50 Moon passes 05o42'.3 north of Mercury
19:33 Algol is at minimum brightness
2 Sun 1.7 13:40 Uranus is most at east (Mag:5.8,Dia.:3".5)
3 Mon 2.7 National holiday in Japan (Bunka no hi)
00:20 Moon passes 07o04'.1 south of Pluto
12:-- Tau (south) meteor shower is at peak (Span:early October-late November)
4 Tue 3.7 14:16 Moon passes 06o17'.4 north of Mars
19:41 Moon passes 08o33'.4 north of Venus
5 Wed 4.7 R-Psc is at maximum brightness (Period 344 days, Mag:7.0-14.8)
03:18 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o28'.3)
6 Thu 5.7 U-Ori is at maximum brightness (Period 368 days, Mag:4.8-13.0)
15:37 Venus is at eastern greatest elongation (47o07'.8, Mag:-4.4, Dia.:25".0)
7 Fri 6.7 00:13 Moon passes 03o35'.9 north of Neptune
14:06 Moon passes 04o09'.9 north of Uranus
18:15 Longitude of the sun reaches 225 degrees
8 Sat 7.7 05:21 Moon passes 03o53'.8 north of Jupiter
06:43 First quarter moon
10 Mon 9.7 T-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 256 days, Mag:6.6-13.5)
11 Tue 10.7 22:15 Jupiter is most at east (Mag:-2.3,,Dia.:39".2)
14:47 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
02:-- Comet P/1989 U1 (Helin-Roman-Alu 2) passses perihelion (Period 8.24 years)
12 Wed 11.7 R-Lep is at maximum brightness (Period 427 days, Mag:5.5-11.7)
09:52 Moon passes 00o26'.9 north of Saturn (Saturn occultation in North America and Europe)
17:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (363,373km, Dia.:32'54")
17:-- Tau (north) meteor shower is at peak (Span:early October-late November)
13 Thu 12.7 R-Gem is at maximum brightness (Period 370 days, Mag:6.0-14.0)
02:13 Mercury passes 14o12'.4 south of Pluto
14 Fri 13.7 V-Cas is at maximum brightness (Period 229 days, Mag:6.9-13.4)
23:12 Full Moon
21:-- Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley passses perihelion (Period 5.22 years)
16 Sun 15.7 03:38 Algol is at minimum brightness
05:28 Occultation of Aldebaran (Mag:1.1) (Tokyo, at ingress)
17 Mon 16.7 RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Period 336 days, Mag:5.4-14.0)
21:32 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o32'.6)
18 Tue 17.7 01:-- Gamma-Leo meteor shower is at peak (Span:Nov.10-Nov.20)
19 Wed 18.7 00:26 Algol is at minimum brightness
14:-- Comet 91P/Russell 3 passses perihelion (Period 7.49 years)
21 Fri 20.7 13:-- Comet 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 2 passses perihelion (Period 9.51 years)
21:15 Algol is at minimum brightness
22 Sat 21.7 R-Com is at maximum brightness (Period 363 days, Mag:7.1-14.6)
08:58 Last quarter moon
15:48 Longitude of the sun reaches 240 degrees
17:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south
21:-- Comet P/1990 R1 (Mueller 2) passses perihelion (Period 7.05 years)
23 Sun 22.7 National holiday in Japan (Kinro kansya no hi)
24 Mon 23.7 National holiday in Japan
S-Scl is at maximum brightness (Period 362 days, Mag:5.5-13.6)
R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Period 137 days, Mag:7.0-14.3)
11:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (404,692km, Dia.:29'32")
12:41 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o57'.1)
18:04 Algol is at minimum brightness
25 Tue 24.7 05:17 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
29 Sat 28.7 01:50 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (21o38'.4,Mag:-0.4,Dia.:6".6)
30 Sun 0.0 R-Boo is at maximum brightness (Period 223 days, Mag:6.2-12.1)
02:44 Pluto is at conjunction (12o02'.2 north of Sun)
09:04 Moon passes 07o01'.7 south of Pluto
11:14 New Moon

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