September 1998

October 1998

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Thu 10.4 03:44 Moon passes 02o24'.3 north of Neptune
21:11 Moon passes 02o39'.3 north of Uranus
2 Fri 11.4
3 Sat 12.4
4 Sun 13.4 15:05 Moon is closest to Asteroid Pallas (00o54'.7, Occultation of Pallas in Canada)
18:28 Moon passes 00o12'.7 south of Jupiter(Occultation in Australia)
5 Mon 14.4
20:47 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
6 Tue 15.4 03:49 Algol is at minimum brightness
05:12 Full Moon
22h Moon is nearest to the Earth (357,629km,Dia.:33'24".8)
7 Wed 16.4 R-Tri is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 265 days, 5.4-12.6)
10:16 Moon passes 01o49'.3 south of Saturn
23:42 Asteroid Vesta(Mag:8.3) is closest to M44 (01o02'.3)
8 Thu 17.4 20:56 Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees
9 Fri 18.4 00:38 Algol is at minimum brightness
04h Giacobinids meteor shower is at peak (Oct.8-Oct.9)
20:57 Occultation of Theta2-Tau (Mag:3.6) in Hyades
23:19 Occultation of Aldebaran(Mag:1.1)(time of Tokyo)
(Occultation of Ceres in Europe)
10 Sat 19.4 National holiday in Japan (Taiiku no hi)
11 Sun 20.4 U-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 406Sun, 6.4-13.4 days)
19:45 Neptune is at apogee(R.A.:20h05m.9)
21:26 Algol is at minimum brightness
23:38 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+19o07'.5)
12 Mon 21.4 20:11 Last quarter moon
13 Tue 22.4
14 Wed 23.4 10:38 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o16'.0)
13h Comet 93P/Lovas 1 passses perihelion(Period 9.1 years)
18:15 Algol is at minimum brightness
15 Thu 24.4 R-Psc is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 344 days, 7.0-14.8)
23:57 Moon closes to Regulus(Mag:1.3) (00o56'.2 in Tokyo)
16 Fri 25.4 R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 145 days, 6.1-12.1)
12:32 Moon passes 00o59'.5 south of Mars(Occultation in Antarctic)
17 Sat 26.4
18 Sun 27.4
19 Mon 28.4 RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 336 days, 5.4-14.0)
03:17 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
07:36 Occultation of Gamma-Vir(Mag:2.9)(time of Tokyo)
10:09 Uranus is at apogee(R.A.:20h45m.7)
20 Tue 29.4 10:56 Moon passes 03o04'.1 north of Venus
19:09 New Moon
23:38 Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees
21 Wed 0.7 S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 375 days, 6.3-13.2)
05:41 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (02o23'.4)
14h Moon is farthest from the Earth (406,667km,Dia.:29'23".1)
16h Ori meteor shower is at peak(Oct.10-Oct.30)
22 Thu 1.7 03:29 Moon passes 06o31'.2 north of Mercury
23 Fri 2.7 23:59 Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees
24 Sat 3.7 02h Saturn is nearest to the Earth(8.29342AU, 1,241,000,000km)
05:31 Moon passes 06o34'.4 south of Pluto
25 Sun 4.7 02:43 Saturn is at opposition(Mag:0.0,Dia.:20".0,Ring: 45".2x11".9)
26 Mon 5.7 16:45 Mon is at south most(Decl.:-19o15'.6)
27 Tue 6.7 19:01 Neptune is most at east(Mag:7.9,Dia.:2".2)
28 Wed 7.7 R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 361 days, 6.1-11.8)
11:35 Moon passes 02o11'.8 north of Neptune
20:46 First quarter moon
29 Thu 8.7 02:19 Algol is at minimum brightness
05:17 Venus is at exferrior conjunction(01o01'.2 north of Sun, Mag:-3.9,Dia.:9".7)
05:19 Moon passes 02o26'.2 north of Uranus
30 Fri 9.7 Chi-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 408 days,3.3-14.2)
23:08 Algol is at minimum brightness
23:42 Venus is closest to Sun (00o54'.9)
31 Sat 10.7 18:33 Moon is closest to Asteroid Pallas (04o24'.4)

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