September 1999

September 1999

1999

Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Wed	20.7	Nihyakutoka
			15:25 Moon passes 02o51' south of Saturn
			20:04 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
2	Thu	21.7	18:47 Uranus is closest to Theta-Cap (00o07'.3)
			23:16 Occultation of Gamma-Tau(Mag:3.9)(time is in Tokyo)
3	Fri	22.7	03h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.962(369,821km,Moonage 22.3,Dia.:32'.3)
			07:17 Last quarter moon
4	Sat	23.7
5	Sun	24.7
			10:59 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+20o14'.4)
6	Mon	25.7	W-And is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-14.6,Period 396 days)
7	Tue	26.7	T-Col is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.6-12.7,Period 227 days)
8	Wed	27.7	01:16 Moon passes 08o06' north of Venus
			05:40 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(01o50'.6 north of Sun,Mag:-1.7,Dia.:4".9)
			11:10 Longitude of the sun reaches 165 degrees
			19h Comet 10P/Tempel 2 (Period 5.47 years) passses perihelion
			19:39 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
9	Thu	28.7	02:09 Mercury is closest to Sun (01o39'.9)
10	Fri	0.2	04:52 Venus is at apogee(R.A.:09h16.1m)
			07:02 New Moon
			08:19 Moon passes 01o29' north of Mercury
11	Sat	1.2	20:51 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (00o48'.6) (Occultation of Vesta in Southern Atlantic Ocean)
12	Sun	2.2	R-CVn is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.5-12.9,Period 195 days)
			R-LMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.3-13.2,Period 372 days)
			02:13 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
13	Mon	3.2	RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.0-10.1,Period 190 days)
14	Tue	4.2
15	Wed	5.2	National holiday in Japan (Keiro no hi)
			03:58 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			19:14 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
16	Thu	6.2	17h Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee (Period 9.45 years) passses perihelion
			19:10 Moon passes 06o34' north of Mars
17	Fri	7.2	04h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.052(404,393km,Moonage 6.9,Dia.:29'.5)
18	Sat	8.2	02:32 Algol is at minimum brightness
			05:06 First quarter moon
			07:37 Mars is closest to Antares(02o44'.7)
			15:00 Mars passes 13o11'.4 south of Pluto
19	Sun	9.2	13:07 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-20o19'.1)
			18:51 Occultation of Xi-Sgr 2 (Mag:3.6)(time is in Tokyo)
20	Mon	10.2	Higan no iri
			23:20 Algol is at minimum brightness
21	Tue	11.2	07:16 Moon passes 00o40' north of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Atlantic Ocean)
22	Wed	12.2	RS-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-14.6,Period 354 days)
			05:16 Moon passes 00o37' north of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in North Africa)
			18:49 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
23	Thu	13.2	National holiday in Japan (Syubun no hi)
			R-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.1-14.4,Period 426 days)
			20:09 Algol is at minimum brightness
			20:31 Longitude of the sun reaches 180 degrees
24	Fri	14.2
			20:11 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o44'.2)
25	Sat	15.2	V-Cas is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-13.4,Period 229 days)
			19:51 Full Moon
26	Sun	16.2	T-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-13.5,Period 298 days)
			09:40 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
			23:25 Venus is brightest(Mag:-4.6,Dia.:37".9)
27	Mon	17.2	22:01 Moon passes 03o43' south of Jupiter
28	Tue	18.2	02:30 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			20:43 Moon passes 02o37' south of Saturn
29	Wed	19.2	02h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.953(366,246km,Moonage 18.8,Dia.:32'.6)
			18:24 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
30	Thu	20.2

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory