February 2000

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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Tue	25.4	R-Oph is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-13.8,Period 307 days)
			08:48 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (00o24'.0)(Occultation of Vesta in Australia)
			10h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.055(405,605km, Dia.:29'28")
2	Wed	26.4	R-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.5-13.7, Period 302 days)
			19:09 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
3	Thu	27.4	Setsubun
			00:19 Moon passes 01o21'.3 north of Venus
			01:36 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-20o56'.4)
4	Fri	28.4	RT-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.0-14.1, Period 306 days)
			21:40 Longitude of the sun reaches 315 degrees
			23:14 Moon passes 00o17'.8 south of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in South America)
5	Sat	29.4	T-Dra is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-13.5, Period 421 days)
			22:03 New Moon(Occultation of partial Sun in Antarctic)
			23:09 Moon passes 00o32'.9 south of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in South Atlantic Ocean)
6	Sun	0.6	04:45 Comet 137P/Shoemaker-Levy2 passses perihelion(Period 9.37 years)
			18:01 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			21:27 Uranus is at conjunction(00o41'.2 south of Sun)
7	Moon	1.6	CepS is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.4-12.9, Period 487 days)
			02:15 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			04:28 Moon passes 01o46'.0 south of Mercury
8	Tue	2.6
9	Wed	3.6	01:42 Moon passes 03o55'.1 south of Mars
10	Thu	4.6	05:59 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
11	Fri	5.6	National holiday in Japan (Kenkoku kinen no hi)
			11:30 Moon passes 04o27'.0 south of Jupiter
12	Sat	6.6	UMaU is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.1-13.0, Period 331 days)
			09:14 Moon passes 03o08'.3 south of Saturn
13	Sun	7.6	08:21 First quarter moon
14	Moon	8.6	01:48 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
15	Tue	9.6	10:15 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (18o08'.9,Mag:-0.5,Dia.:7".1)
16	Wed	10.6	16:45 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+20o57'.9)
			22:31 Occultation of Zeta-Gem(Mag:3.7-4.1)(time is in Tokyo)
17	Thu	11.6	12h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.948(364,495km,Dia.:32'47")
18	Fri	12.6
19	Sat	13.6	17:33 Longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees
			22:38 Algol is at minimum brightness
20	Sun	14.6	01:27 Full Moon
21	Moon	15.6	01:21 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			07:17 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:23h08m.9)
22	Tue	16.6	14:40 Venus passes 00o30'.1 south of Neptune
			16:43 Neptune is closest to Venus(00o29'.5)
			19:28 Algol is at minimum brightness
23	Wed	17.6	00:25 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
24	Thu	18.6
25	Fri	19.6
26	Sat	20.6	09h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
27	Sun	21.6	12:53 Last quarter moon
28	Moon	22.6	00:38 Moon passes 07o08'.1 south of Pluto
			00:54 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
29	Tue	23.6	06h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.053(404,617km,Dia.:29'32")
			19:40 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (01o08'.4)

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory