April 2000

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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Sat	25.9	V-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-12.6, Period 358 days)
			DraY is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.2-15.0, Period 326 days)
			04:26 Occultation ofDelta-Cap(Mag:3.0)(time is in Tokyo)
2	Sun	26.9	21:29 Moon passes 01o37'.0 south of Mercury
			22:41 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
3	Moon	27.9	14:31 Moon passes 02o48'.7 south of Venus
4	Tue	28.9	19:46 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
			20:32 Longitude of the sun reaches 15 degrees
5	Wed	0.4	03:12 New Moon
			19:47 Algol is at minimum brightness
6	Thu	1.4	01:43 Comet C/1999J2(Skiff) passses perihelion
			14:46 Jupiter is closest to Mars (01o02'.5)
			19:23 Moon passes 05o22'.3 south of Mars
			19:52 Moon passes 04o16'.1 south of Jupiter
7	Fri	2.4	06:25 Moon passes 02o55'.4 south of Saturn
			08:22 Mars passes 01o06'.2 north of Jupiter
8	Sat	3.4	19:23 Occultation of Delta-Tau(Mag:3.9)(time is in Naha)
9	Sun	4.4	07h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.958(368,265km,Dia.:32'27")
			22:15 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
10	Moon	5.4
11	Tue	6.4	04:17 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+21o20'.8)
			22:30 First quarter moon
12	Wed	7.4
13	Thu	8.4	23h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at south
14	Fri	9.4
15	Sat	10.4
16	Sun	11.4	04:08 Saturn is closest to Mars (02o15'.9)
			21:49 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
17	Moon	12.4	01:57 Longitude of the sun reaches 27 degrees
			08:13 Mars passes 02o22'.1 north of Saturn
			17:37 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
18	Tue	13.4	18:56 Comet 108P/Ciffreo passses perihelion(Period 7.25 years)
19	Wed	14.4	02:42 Full Moon
20	Thu	15.4	03:40 Longitude of the sun reaches 30 degrees
			09h Heliocentric latitude ofMercury is most at south
21	Fri	16.4
22	Sat	17.4	03:26 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			04:54 Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels passses perihelion(Period 9.18 years)
			07h Lyr meteor shower is at peak( Apr.16-Apr.25)
			16:33 Moon passes 07o46'.7 south of Pluto
23	Sun	18.4	21:23 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
24	Moon	19.4	21h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.052(404,558km,Dia.:29'32")
25	Tue	20.4	00:51 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-21o28'.9)
26	Wed	21.4	R-Dra is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-13.2, Period 246 days)
			00h Vir meteor shower is at peak( Mar.10-May 15)
			05:59 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o08'.8)
27	Thu	22.4	03:23 Moon passes 00o57'.4 south of Neptune(Occultation of Neptune in Antarctic)
			04:30 Last quarter moon
28	Fri	23.4	06:51 Moon passes 01o15'.8 south of Uranus
			18:17 Mercury passes 00o20'.5 south of Venus
			23:55 Venus is closest to Mercury (00o17'.9)
29	Sat	24.4	National Holiday in Japan (Midori no hi)
			R-Leo is at maximum brightness (Mag:4.4-11.3, Period 310 days)
30	Sun	25.4	V-Mon is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.0-13.9, Period 341 days)
			20:57 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory