February 1999

February 1999

1999

Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Mon	14.5	01:07 Full Moon(penumbra lunar eclipse)
2	Tue	15.5	01:04 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			10:43 Moon closes to Regulus (Tokyo, 00o30'.9)
			15:39 Uranus is at conjunction(00o39'.4 south of Sun,Mag:5.9,Dia.:3".4)
3	Wed	16.5	Setsubun
			02:53 Mercury passes 01o31'.0 south of Uranus
			09:05 Uranus is closest to Mercury (01o27'.2)
			17:31 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(02o10'.5 south of Sun,Mag:-1.4,Dia.:4".8)
4	Thu	17.5	S-CMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.6-13.2,Period 333 days)
			W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.3-13.0,Period 198 days)
			15:18 Mercury is closest to Sun (02o04'.6)
			15:57 Longitude of the sun reaches 315 degrees
5	Fri	18.5	12:19 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
6	Sat	19.5	05:51 Asteroid Vesta is at opposition(Mag:6.4)
7	Sun	20.5	04:31 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			12:57 Moon passes 03o04' north of Mars
8	Mon	21.5	R-Ser is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.1-14.4,Period 356 days)
			18h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.052(404,393km,Moonage 21.7,Dia.:29'.5)
			20:58 Last quarter moon
9	Tue	22.5	00:38 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			20h Pluto goes out from Neptune's orbit
10	Wed	23.5	Z-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.1-14.7,Period 263 days)
11	Thu	24.5	National holiday in Japan (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
12	Fri	25.5	00:48 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			23:54 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-19o31'.1)
13	Sat	26.5
14	Sun	27.5	20:33 Moon passes 01o29' north of Neptune
15	Mon	28.5	V-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-13.0,Period 345 days)
			01:25 Algol is at minimum brightness
			16:16 Moon passes 01o27' north of Uranus
			23:41 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
16	Tue	29.5	00:11 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			15:39 New Moon(annular eclipse in Australia)
17	Wed	0.8	10:34 Moon passes 00o15' south of Mercury(Occultation in Australia)
			22:15 Algol is at minimum brightness
18	Thu	1.8	15:20 Moon passes 01o51' south of Venus
19	Fri	2.8	00:37 Moon passes 02o21' south of Jupiter
			11:47 Longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees
			15:10 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
			22:34 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
20	Sat	3.8	03:05 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			19:04 Algol is at minimum brightness
			23:35 Moon passes 02o41' south of Saturn
21	Sun	4.8	00h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.959(368,654km,Moonage 4.3,Dia.:32'.4)
22	Mon	5.8	23:44 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
23	Tue	6.8	T-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.8-13.7,Period 165 days)
			11:43 First quarter moon
			21:26 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			22:23 Occultation of Aldebaran(Mag:1.1) (time is in Tokyo)
			23:52 Jupiter(Mag:-2.1) is closest to Venus(Mag:-3.9) (00o02'.1)
24	Wed	7.8	06:12 Venus passes 00o08'.9 north of Jupiter
25	Thu	8.8
26	Fri	9.8	00:04 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+19o31'.8)
27	Sat	10.8	20:19 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
28	Sun	11.8	R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-14.3,Period 166 days)
			R-Lyn is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-14.3,Period 378 days)
			08:15 Pluto is most at west (Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".1)

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory