October 1999

October 1999

1999

Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Fri	21.2	W-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.1-14.8,Period 351 days)
2	Sat	22.2	13:02 Last quarter moon
			16:11 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+20o24'.7)
3	Sun	23.2
4	Mon	24.2	R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-13.8,Period 378 days)
			R-Psc is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-14.8,Period 344 days)
5	Tue	25.2
6	Wed	26.2	02:16 Moon passes 04o32' north of Venus
			14:11 Pluto is closest to Asteroid Juno (00o17'.2)
			17:58 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
7	Thu	27.2	04:58 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
8	Fri	28.2	04:12 Algol is at minimum brightness
9	Sat	29.2	02:48 Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees
			09:49 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
			10h Gamma-Dra meteor shower (Giacobinids) is at maximum brightness (Oct.8-Oct.9)
			20:34 New Moon
10	Sun	0.6	National holiday in Japan (Taiiku no hi)
			08:24 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (00o04'.5) (Occultation of Vesta in Southern Pacific Ocean)
11	Mon	1.6	National holiday in Japan
			01:01 Algol is at minimum brightness
			01:02 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			03:50 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			11:50 Moon passes 07o09' north of Mercury
12	Tue	2.6
13	Wed	3.6	17:33 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			21:50 Algol is at minimum brightness
14	Thu	4.6	07:33 Neptune is at apogee(R.A.:20h15.1m)
			23h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.054(405,261km,Mo0nage 5.1,Dia.:29'.5)
15	Fri	5.6	02:42 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			21:43 Moon passes 05o06' north of Mars
16	Sat	6.6	18:38 Algol is at minimum brightness
			21:10 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-20o32'.9)
17	Sun	7.6	23:59 First quarter moon
18	Mon	8.6	13:51 Occultation of Neptune(time is in Fukuoka)
			15:37 Moon passes 00o28' north of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Pacific Ocean)
19	Tue	9.6	01:34 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			13:33 Moon passes 00o26' north of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in Pacific Ocean)
20	Wed	10.6
21	Thu	11.6	05:29 Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees
22	Fri	12.6	R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.1-11.8,Period 361 days)
			10h Ori meteor shower is at peak(Oct.10-Oct.30)
			15:57 Sun is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o45'.8)
			23h Jupiter is closest to Earth(3.91288AU)
23	Sat	13.6	00:26 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			19:33 Uranus is at apogee(R.A.:21h02.1m)
			19:51 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
			23:35 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
24	Sun	14.6	05:52 Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees
			16:16 Jupiter is at opposition(Mag:-2.9,Dia.:49".7)
25	Mon	15.6	X-Oph is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.9-9.2,Period 328 days)
			02:02 Moon passes 03o37' south of Jupiter
			06:02 Full Moon
			07:15 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(24o16'.6,Mag:-0.1,Dia.:6".6)
26	Tue	16.6	S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.8-14.1,Period 360 days)
			02:49 Moon passes 02o29' south of Saturn
			05:28 Asteroid Vesta is at conjunction
			22h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.939(360,950km,Moonage 17.1,Dia.:33'.1)
			23:18 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
27	Wed	17.6
28	Thu	18.6
29	Fri	19.6	22:34 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+20o39'.5)
30	Sat	20.6	Mira is at maximum brightness (Mag:2.3-10.1, Period 332 days)
			10:11 Neptune is most at east(Mag:7.9,Dia.:2".2)
			22:10 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
31	Sun	21.6	Z-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.1-14.7,Period 263 days)
			R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-14.3,Period 137 days)
			02:42 Algol is at minimum brightness
			08:35 Venus is at western greatest elongation(46o29'.5,Mag:-4.4,Dia.:24".1)
			21:04 Last quarter moon

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory