October 1999

November 1999

December 1999


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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Mon 22.6 S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.3-13.2,Period 375 days)
2 Tue 23.6 23:31 Algol is at minimum brightness
3 Wed 24.6 National holiday in Japan (Bunka no hi)
21:02 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
23h Tau (south) meteor shower is at peak(mid October-late November)
4 Thu 25.6 08:29 Moon passes 03o10' north of Venus
5 Fri 26.6 16:33 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
16:45 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:15h56.3m)
20:20 Algol is at minimum brightness
22:07 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
6 Sat 27.6 21h Saturn is closest to Earth(8.20570AU)
7 Sun 28.6 16:49 Saturn is at opposition(Mag:-0.2,Dia.:20".2,Ring:45".7 x 15".6)
19:54 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
20:19 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (00o20'.4) (Occultation of Vesta in Africa)
8 Mon 29.6 05:58 Longitude of the sun reaches 225 degrees
12:53 New Moon
17:09 Algol is at minimum brightness
9 Tue 1.0 16:13 Moon passes 06o35' north of Mercury
20:50 Jupiter is closest to Omicron-Psc (00o06'.8)
10 Wed 2.0
11 Thu 3.0 08:57 Uranus is most at east(Mag:5.8,Dia.:3".5)
15h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.057(406,218km,Moonage 3.1,Dia.:29'.4)
18:46 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
12 Fri 4.0 U-Ori is at maximum brightness (Mag:4.8-13.0,Period 368 days)
13 Sat 5.0 U-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.8-13.4,Period 234 days)
04:46 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-20o47'.6)
05h Tau (north) meteor shower is at peak(mid October-late November)
14 Sun 6.0 01:24 Moon passes 03o00' north of Mars
23:34 Moon passes 00o11' north of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Africa)
15 Mon 7.0 21:48 Moon passes 00o07' north of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in Okinawa)
16 Tue 8.0 06:41 Mercury passes in front of Sun
07:49 Mercury is at inferior conjunction(00o17'.4 north of Sun,Mag:5.7,Dia.:9".9)
18:03 First quarter moon
17 Wed 9.0 RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.4-14.0,Period 336 days)
18 Thu 10.0 09h Leo meteor shower is at peak(Nov.15-Nov.22)
20:40 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
19 Fri 11.0 U-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.4-13.4,Period 406 days)
20 Sat 12.0 04:25 Algol is at minimum brightness
07:09 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
21 Sun 13.0 07:30 Moon passes 03o44' south of Jupiter
22 Mon 14.0 10:17 Moon passes 02o33' south of Saturn
23 Tue 15.0 National holiday in Japan (Kinro kansya no hi)
01:13 Algol is at minimum brightness
03:25 Longitude of the sun reaches 240 degrees
16:04 Full Moon
24 Wed 16.0 R-Gem is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.0-14.0,Period 370 days)
S-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.4-13.0,Period 307 days)
07h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.929(357,285km,Moonage 15.8,Dia.:33'.4)
25 Thu 17.0 00:26 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o12'.2)
09:22 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:14h55.5m)
22h Mars passses perihelion(1.38149AU)
22:02 Algol is at minimum brightness
26 Fri 18.0 07:55 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+20o51'.9)
27 Sat 19.0
28 Sun 20.0 01h Comet C/1997 BA6 ( Spacewatch ) passses perihelion
18:51 Algol is at minimum brightness
23:19 Mars passes 01o44'.5 south of Neptune
29 Mon 21.0 12:44 Neptune is closest to Mars (01o41'.5)
30 Tue 22.0 08:19 Last quarter moon

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