June 1999

June 1999

1999

Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Tue	16.6	R-Aur is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-13.9,Period 457 days)
			03:44 Algol is at minimum brightness
2	Wed	17.6	02:54 Pluto is at opposition(Mag:13.7,Dia.:0".1)
			06:44 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-20o10'.4)
3	Thu	18.6	01:29 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
4	Fri	19.6	07:02 Moon passes 00o39' north of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Asia)
			08:01 Occultation of Neptune(time is in Tokyo)
5	Sat	20.6	R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.5-12.0,Period 284 days)
			07:14 Moon passes 00o31' north of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in Asia)
			07:53 Occultation of Uranus(time is in Fukuoka)
			16:21 Mars is at apogee(R.A.:13h30.0m)
6	Sun	21.6	T-Cep is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.2-11.3,Period 388 days)
			12:09 Longitude of the sun reaches 75 degrees
7	Mon	22.6	13:20 Last quarter moon
8	Tue	23.6
9	Wed	24.6	06:53 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
10	Thu	25.6	Toki no Kinenbi
			00:27 Mars is closest to Spica (01o43'.6)
			01:03 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			09:06 Moon passes 03o55' south of Jupiter
11	Fri	26.6	11:01 Moon passes 03o01' south of Saturn
			17:35 Longitude of the sun reaches 80 degrees
			20:55 Venus is at eastern greatest elongation(45o23'.3,Mag:-4.3,Dia.:23".5)
12	Sat	27.6
13	Sun	28.6	10h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.932(358,197km,Moonage 28.5,Dia.:33'.4)
			17:15 Venus is closest to M44 (00o36'.3)
14	Mon	0.3	04:03 New Moon
			18:41 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Ceres (02o01'.1)
15	Tue	1.3	08:21 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+20o12'.0)
			16:46 Moon passes 04o28' south of Mercury
16	Wed	2.3	R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 137 days, 7.0-14.3)
17	Thu	3.3	00:38 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			12:27 Moon passes 02o16' south of Venus
18	Fri	4.3	18:15 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o31'.4)
			21:35 Occultation of Regulus (Mag:1.1) (time is in Tokyo)
19	Sat	5.3
20	Sun	6.3
21	Mon	7.3	03:13 First quarter moon
22	Tue	8.3	00:28 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
			04:49 Longitude of the sun reaches 90 degrees
23	Wed	9.3	R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-14.4,Period 317 days)
			04:58 Moon passes 06o10' north of Mars
24	Thu	10.3	R-Leo is at maximum brightness (Mag:4.4-11.3,Period 310 days)
			00:13 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			02:14 Algol is at minimum brightness
25	Fri	11.3
26	Sat	12.3	01h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.056(405,859km,Moonage 11.9,Dia.:29'.4)
27	Sun	13.3	Pon-Winneckids meteor shower is at peak?
			06h Comet P/1988 V1 (Ge-Wang) (Period 11.2 years) passses perihelion
28	Mon	14.3
29	Tue	15.3	R-Tri is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.4-12.6,Period 265 days)
			06:37 Full Moon
			08:06 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(25o32'.7,Mag:0.6,Dia.:8".1)
			13:38 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-20o13'.6)
30	Wed	16.3	R-And is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.8-14.9,Period 409 days)
			23:48 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory