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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Wed 7.0 03:21 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (03o34'.9)
21:22 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
2 Thu 8.0 03:43 First quarter moon
10:37 Longitude of the sun reaches 100 degrees
22:11 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
3 Fri 9.0 02h Moon is farthest from the Earth (404,213km,Dia.:29'33".7)
4 Sat 10.0 09:09 Earth passses aphelion (1.0166963AU)
20:35 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
22:04 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
5 Sun 11.0 22:57 Occultation of Gamma-Lib(Mag:4.0)(time of Tokyo)
6 Mon 12.0 21:49 Mon passes 07o16'.1 south of Pluto
7 Tue 13.0 Tanabata
16:30 Longitude of the sun reaches 105 degrees
8 Wed 14.0 R-Cam is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 270 days,7.0-14.4)
01:04 Mars is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o17'.0)
9 Thu 15.0 06:16 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-19o02'.1)
21:46 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
10 Fri 16.0 01:01 Full Moon
11 Sat 17.0 02:46 Moon passes 02o19'.3 north of Neptune
21:39 Moon passes 02o31'.2 north of Uranus
12 Sun 18.0 03:31 Algol is at minimum brightness
23h Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux passses perihelion(Period 6.6 years)
13 Mon 19.0
14 Tue 20.0
15 Wed 21.0 00:20 Algol is at minimum brightness
03:45 Moon passes 00o59'.5 south of Jupiter(Occultation in New Zealand)
03:52 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
19:24 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
16 Thu 22.0 21:21 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
23h Moon is nearest to the Earth (369,701km,Dia.:32'19".3)
17 Fri 23.0 00:13 Last quarter moon
12:17 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (26o41'.3, Mag:0.5,Dia.:7".9)
14:10 Moon passes 02o10'.3 south of Saturn
18 Sat 24.0 (Occultation of Ceres in Arctic)
19 Sun 25.0 02:52 Jupiter is at apogee(R.A.:23h55m.1)
20 Mon 26.0 National holiday in Japan (Umi no hi)
02:04 Occultation of Theta-Tau2(Mag:3.6) in Hyades
04:34 Occultation of Aldebaran(Mag:1.1)(time in Tokyo)
06:31 Longitude of the sun reaches 117 degrees
21 Tue 27.0 W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 198 days, 7.3-13.0)
20:42 Moon passes 03o49'.6 south of Venus
22 Wed 28.0 T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 202 days, 7.2-14.2)
04:54 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o49'.7)
05:11 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+19o00'.6)
11:50 Moon passes 04o46'.7 south of Mars
23:57 Saturn is most at west(Mag:0.4,Dia.:17".8,Ring: 40".2x11".5)
23 Thu 29.0 09:55 Longitude of the sun reaches 120 degrees
20:57 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
22:44 New Moon
24 Fri 0.6 01h Neptune is nearest to the Earth(29.12188AU, 4,357,000,000km)
03:26 Neptune is at opposition(Mag:7.8,Dia.:2".3)
25 Sat 1.6 T-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 256 days, 6.6-13.5)
22:32 Moon passes 02o06'.5 north of Mercury
26 Sun 2.6
27 Mon 3.6 12:35 Venus is closest to Asteroid Vesta (00o56'.1)
28 Tue 4.6 02:24 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
29 Wed 5.6 Delta-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak(Jul.15-Aug.15)
01:39 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (03o03'.8)
06:21 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
10:29 Occultation of Gamma-Vir(Mag:2.9)(time in Tokyo)
30 Thu 6.6 Cap meteor shower is at peak(Jul.15-Aug.15)
14:11 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:09h56m.7)
20:32 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
21h Moon is farthest from the Earth (404,303km,Dia.:29'33".4)
31 Fri 7.6 21:05 First quarter moon

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