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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Wed	24.6	06:17 Mercury is at inferrior conjunction(04o00'.5, Mag:4.6, Dia.:10".6 north of Sun)
			08:54 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-21o01'.0)
2	Thu	25.6	00:53 Mercury is closest to Sun(03o41'.7)
			01:15 Pluto is most at west(Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".14)
3	Fri	26.6	08:47 Moon passes 00o25'.6 south of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Australia)
4	Sat	27.6	09:14 Venus passes 00o04'.1 south of Uranus
			09:37 Venus is closest to Uranus(00o03'.9)
			09:43 Moon passes 00o42'.4 south of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in New Zealand)
			09:47 Moon passes 00o38'.5 south of Venus(Occultation of Venus in New Zealand)
			18:14 Comet 112P/Urata-Niijima passses perihelion(Period 6.65 years)
5	Sun	28.6	15:43 Longitude of the sun reaches 345 degrees
			18:07 Moon passes 06o32'.3 south of Mercury
6	Moon	29.6	W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.3-13.0, Period 198 days)
			00:28 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			14:17 New Moon
7	Tue	0.9
8	Wed	1.9	11:47 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
			22:47 Moon passes 05o07'.7 south of Mars
9	Thu	2.9
10	Fri	3.9	02:03 Moon passes 04o24'.7 south of Jupiter
			06h Comet P/Lovas2 passses perihelion(Period 6.74 years)
			18:22 Moon passes 03o04'.2 south of Saturn
11	Sat	4.9	R-Lyn is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-14.3, Period 379 days)
12	Sun	5.9
13	Moon	6.9	00:01 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			15:59 First quarter moon
			21:13 Algol is at minimum brightness
14	Tue	7.9	07:59 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:22h16m.9)
			23:01 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+21o06'.5)
15	Wed	8.9	09h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.961(369,537km,Dia.:32'20")
			09:14 Mercury passes 02o29'.6 north of Venus
16	Thu	9.9	R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.5-12.0, Period 284 days)
			11:44 Venus is closest to Mercury (02o08'.0)
			20:37 Pluto is at apogee(R.A.:16h51m.6)
17	Fri	10.9	Higan no iri
			R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-14.3, Period 137 days)
18	Sat	11.9
19	Sun	12.9	23:34 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
20	Moon	13.9	National Holiday in Japan(Syunbun no hi)
			13:44 Full Moon
			16:35 Longitude of the sun reaches 0 degrees
21	Tue	14.9	RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.0-13.1,Period 190 days)
			09:36 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
22	Wed	15.9
23	Thu	16.9
24	Fri	17.9
25	Sat	18.9
26	Sun	19.9	09:03 Moon passes 07o28'.7 south of Pluto
			23:08 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
27	Moon	20.9
28	Tue	21.9	02h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.051(404,169km,Dia.:29'34")
			09:21 Last quarter moon
			16:44 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-21o13'.4)
			19:05 Asteroid Ceres is at opposition(Mag:7.0)
29	Wed	22.9	03:36 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (01o50'.0)
			06:13 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(27o49'.5,Mag:0.3,Dia.:07".5)
30	Thu	23.9	18:32 Moon passes 00o39'.8 south of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Antarctic)
31	Fri	24.9	20:44 Moon passes 00o57'.4 south of Uranus(Occultation of Uranus in Antarctic)

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory