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August 1998 |
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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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| 1 | Sat | 8.6 | |
| 2 | Sun | 9.6 | 19h Uranus is nearest to the Earth(18.85466AU, 2,821,000,000km) |
| 3 | Mon | 10.6 | 05:33 Mon passes 06o57'.5 south of Pluto |
| 20:52 Uranus is at opposition(Mag:5.7,Dia.:3".7) | |||
| 4 | Tue | 11.6 | Iota-Aqr meteor shower is at peak(Jul.25-Aug.20) |
| 02:00 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 5 | Wed | 12.6 | 08:50 Mars is closest to Venus (00o50'.6) |
| 11:48 Venus passes 00o50'.8 south of Mars | |||
| 15:48 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-18o58'.5) | |||
| 6 | Thu | 13.6 | W-And is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 396 days,6.7-14.6) |
| 20:07 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 22:49 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 7 | Fri | 14.6 | 10:06 Moon passes 02o23.4' north of Neptune |
| 8 | Sat | 15.6 | 02:20 Longitude of the sun reaches 135 degrees |
| 04:11 Moon passes 02o35'.9 north of Uranus | |||
| 11:10 Full Moon(Penumbra lunar eclipse, not in Japan) | |||
| 9 | Sun | 16.6 | 19:37 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 10 | Mon | 17.6 | R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 317 days, 6.7-14.4) |
| 00:56 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| 11 | Tue | 18.6 | Delta-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak(Jul.15-mid August) |
| 08:51 Moon passes 00o52'.1 south of Jupiter(Occultation in Indian Ocean) | |||
| 21h Moon is nearest to the Earth (366,440km,Dia.:32'36".6) | |||
| 12 | Wed | 19.6 | 02:01 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 03h Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley passses perihelion(Period 8.1 years) | |||
| 13 | Thu | 20.6 | 07h Per meteor shower is at peak(Jul.20-Aug.20) |
| 11:24 Mercury is at inferior conjunction(05o01'.1,Mag:4.7,Dia.:11".1 south of Sun) | |||
| 15h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south | |||
| 19:42 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 20:54 Moon passes 02o11'.5 south of Saturn | |||
| 14 | Fri | 21.6 | 12:55 Mercury is closest to Sun (04o39'.9) |
| 15 | Sat | 22.6 | 04:48 Last quarter moon |
| (Occultation of Ceres in North of Hokkaido) | |||
| 16 | Sun | 23.6 | 04:21 Occultation of Gamma-Tau(Mag:3.9)(time of Fukuoka) |
| 12:43 Occultation of Aldebaran(Mag:1.1)(time of Tokyo) | |||
| 17 | Mon | 24.6 | 01:25 Saturn is at apogee(R.A.:02h09m.1) |
| 18 | Tue | 25.6 | 03:21 Grazing of 19B Gem (Mag:6.2) at Iwaki - Kyoto - Akashi - Matsuyama - Oita - Nagasaki (North edge, Moonage:25.2) |
| 03:39 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 12:01 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+18o57'.3) | |||
| 19 | Wed | 26.6 | 03:48 Pluto is at apogee(R.A.:16h22m.1) |
| 08:31 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o42'.2) | |||
| 20 | Thu | 27.6 | Cyg meteor shower is at peak(Aug.10-Aug.25) |
| 05:20 Moon passes 03o48'.3 south of Mars | |||
| 19:17 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 22:36 Moon passes 02o44'.1 south of Venus | |||
| 21 | Fri | 28.6 | 10:36 Moon passes 01o53'.4 north of Mercury |
| Venus passes in front of Sun in Mars | |||
| 22 | Sat | 0.0 | R-Ari is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 187 days, 7.4-12.7) |
| Partial solar eclipse in Western Japan (Annular eclipse in Southeast Asia) | |||
| 02:31 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 11:03 New Moon | |||
| 23:28 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23 | Sun | 1.0 | 14:17 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:09h10m.6) |
| 16:59 Longitude of the sun reaches 150 degrees | |||
| 24 | Mon | 2.0 | U-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 234 days, 6.8-13.4) |
| 03:40 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 25 | Tue | 3.0 | R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 284 days,5.5-12.0) |
| 14:19 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 16h Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 7 passses perihelion(Period 6.9 years) | |||
| 26 | Wed | 4.0 | 01:22 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 02:20 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (02o37'.9) | |||
| 08:27 Mercury passes 02o44'.6 south of Venus | |||
| 12h Comet 83P/Russell 1 passses perihelion(Period 7.6 years) | |||
| 27 | Thu | 5.0 | 00:28 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 11:10 Pluto is most at east(Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".1) | |||
| 15h Moon is farthest from the Earth (405,141km,Dia.:29'29".7) | |||
| 18:52 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 28 | Fri | 6.0 | Old Tanabata |
| 06:18 Venus is closest to Mercury (02o15'.1) | |||
| 29 | Sat | 7.0 | RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 190 days, 6.0-10.1) |
| 21:17 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 30 | Sun | 8.0 | S-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 319 days,6.9-13.8) |
| 00:14 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 13:47 Moon passes 06o42'.1 south of Pluto | |||
| 14:07 First quarter moon | |||
| 31 | Mon | 9.0 | 18:12 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(18o10'.6,Mag:-0.2,Dia.:7".3) |
