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December 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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| 2 | Tue | 2.0 | 05:16 Moon passes 06o54'.5 north of Mercury |
| 10:20 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o37'.6) | |||
| 3 | Wed | 3.0 | 13:36 Moon passes 05o28'.9 north of Mars |
| 4 | Thu | 4.0 | 02:08 Moon passes 06o39'.4 north of Venus |
| 04:54 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 06:39 Moon passes 03o20'.8 north of Neptune | |||
| 20:48 Moon passes 03o51'.4 north of Uranus | |||
| 5 | Fri | 5.0 | 16:49 Moon passes 03o19'.8 north of Jupiter |
| 6 | Sat | 6.0 | 05:20 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 7 | Sun | 7.0 | 11:05 Longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees |
| 15:09 First quarter moon | |||
| 8 | Mon | 8.0 | 01:04 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.:18h14m.8) |
| 03:47 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 05:01 Venus passes 02o46'.3 south of Neptune | |||
| 22:43 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere | |||
| 9 | Tue | 9.0 | 02:10 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 15:30 Moon passes 00o12'.8 north of Saturn (Saturn occultation on the Pacific Ocean) | |||
| 10 | Wed | 10.0 | 02:-- Moon is near to the Earth most (368,878km,Dia.:32'24") |
| 05:18 Neptune is closest to Venus (02o33'.0) | |||
| 20:57 Venus is closest to globular cluster M75 (00o27'.3) | |||
| 11 | Thu | 11.0 | 22:59 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 12 | Fri | 12.0 | 02:39 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 08:21 Venus is brightest (Mag:-4.7,Dia.:41".1) | |||
| 16:-- Comet 69P/Taylor passses perihelion (Period 6.97 years) | |||
| 20:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mars is most at south | |||
| 13 | Sat | 13.0 | R-CVn is at maximum brightness (Period 195 days, Mag:6.5-12.9) |
| 14 | Sun | 14.0 | 01:-- Alpha-Gem meteor shower is at peak (Span:Dec.7-Dec.20) |
| 11:37 Full Moon | |||
| 19:48 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 15 | Mon | 15.0 | 08:37 Moon is at north most (Decl.:+18o39'.8) |
| 16 | Tue | 16.0 | 01:32 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 03:47 Mars passes 01o37'.8 south of Neptune | |||
| 14:32 Neptune is closest to Mars (01o35'.7) | |||
| 17 | Wed | 17.0 | 14:37 Mercury is closest to Sun (01o54'.8) |
| 17:33 Mercury is at inferior conjunction (01o56'.2 north of Sun) | |||
| 20:17 Saturn is at apogee (R.A.:00h53m.8) | |||
| 20 | Sat | 20.0 | 00:24 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 22 | Mon | 22.0 | T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Period 202 days, Mag:7.2-14.2) |
| 08:-- Comet 103P/Hartley 2 passses perihelion (Period 6.39 years) | |||
| 05:07 Longitude of the sun reaches 270 degrees | |||
| 06:43 Last quarter moon | |||
| 08:-- Moon is far from the Earth most (404,258km,Dia.:29'34") | |||
| 11:58 Moon is closest to asteroid Juno (03o51'.8) | |||
| 14:57 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 17:26 Mars is closest to Venus (01o07'.0) | |||
| 18:-- Beta-UMi meteor shower is at peak (Span:Dec.17-Dec.24) | |||
| 20:36 Venus passes 01o07'.1 north of Mars | |||
| 23 | Tue | 23.0 | Imperial Birthday |
| 23:17 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 24 | Wed | 24.0 | 12:05 Uranus is closest to Venus (03o02'.1) |
| 25 | Thu | 25.0 | Christmas |
| 22:50 Venus is at apogee (R.A.:20h24m.4) | |||
| 26 | Fri | 26.0 | 15:-- Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north |
| 27 | Sat | 27.0 | 04:37 Mars passes 00o36'.5 south of Uranus |
| 09:45 Uranus is closest to Mars (00o35'.3) | |||
| 19:30 Moon passes 06o56'.9 south of Pluto | |||
| 21:33 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.:17h04m.9) | |||
| 22:09 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 28 | Sun | 28.0 | 12:17 Moon passes 02o06'.9 north of Mercury |
| 29 | Mon | 29.0 | R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 145 days, Mag:6.1-12.1) |
| 03:53 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 19:41 Moon is at south most (Decl.:-18o40'.2) | |||
| 23:39 Jupiter is closest to Gamma-Cap (01o41'.2) | |||
| 30 | Tue | 0.4 | T-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 165 days, Mag:6.8-13.7) |
| 01:57 New Moon | |||
| 31 | Wed | 1.4 | 15:13 Moon passes 03o09'.3 north of Neptune |
| 22:26 Moon passes 01o16'.0 north of Venus | |||
