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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Moon	26.4	Hachijyu hachi ya
			18:45 Neptune is most at west(Mag:7.9,Dia.:02".2)
2	Tue	27.4	05:45 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
3	Wed	28.4	National Holiday in Japan (Kenpo Kinenbi)
			16:05 Moon passes 04o01'.1 south of Venus
			23:13 Moon passes 04o17'.3 south of Mercury
4	Thu	29.4	National holiday in Japan
			13:12 New Moon
			16:09 Moon passes 04o04'.7 south of Jupiter
			21:13 Moon passes 02o47'.1 south of Saturn
5	Fri	0.9	National holiday in Japan (Kodomo no hi)
			Eta-Aqr meteor shower is at peak
			R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-14.4,Period 317 days)
			02:01 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			13:50 Longitude of the sun reaches 45 degrees
			15:27 Moon passes 04o46'.3 south of Mars
6	Sat	1.9	18h Moon is nearest to the Earth0.945(363,164km,Dia.:32'54")
7	Sun	2.9	20:31 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
8	Moon	3.9	11:05 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+21o34'.9)
			21:20 Jupiter is at conjunction(00o53'.8 south of Sun)
			22:18 Neptune is at apogee(R.A.:20h35m.6)
9	Tue	4.9	02:58 Jupiter is closest to Mercury (00o48'.4)
			06:52 Mercury passes 00o52'.0 south of Jupiter
			12:47 Mercury is closest to Sun (00o00'.9)
			12:54 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(00o01'.0,Mag:-2.3,Dia.:05".1 south of Sun)
10	Wed	5.9	S-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.7-12.7,Period 226 days)
			03:03 Saturn is closest to Mercury (02o07'.6)
			12:12 Mercury passes 02o15'.9 south of Saturn
11	Thu	6.9	05:01 First quarter moon
			20:22 Saturn is at conjunction(02o04'.2 south of Sun)
12	Fri	7.9	04:42 Comet 17P/Holmes passses perihelion(Period 7.07 years)
13	Sat	8.9
14	Sun	9.9	20:05 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
15	Moon	10.9	00:22 Mon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
16	Tue	11.9	16:43 Uranus is most at west(Mag:5.8,Dia.:03".5)
17	Wed	12.9	19:30 Venus is closest to Jupiter (00o00'.7)
			19:35 Venus passes 00o00'.7 north of Jupiter
18	Thu	13.9	R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.1-12.1,Period 146 days)
			00:35 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			16:34 Full Moon
			21:09 Saturn is closest to Venus (01o11'.3)
19	Fri	14.9	04:55 Venus passes 01o14'.5 north of Saturn
			19:48 Mars is closest to Mercury (01o05'.2)
			22:39 Moon passes 07o53'.8 south of Pluto
20	Sat	15.9	00:16 Mercury passes 01o06'.9 north of Mars
21	Sun	16.9	R-Lep is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.5-11.7,Period 427 days)
			02:49 Longitude of the sun reaches 60 degrees
			19:39 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
22	Moon	17.9	08:41 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-21o40'.5)
			13h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.055(405,425km,Dia.:29'28")
23	Tue	18.9	23:19 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (01o39'.7)
24	Wed	19.9	R-Boo is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.2-13.1,Period 223 days)
			03:31 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			08h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
			10:36 Moon passes 01o11'.2 south of Neptune
25	Thu	20.9	15:01 Moon passes 01o31'.0 south of Uranus
			19:01 Comet C/1999N4(LINEAR) passses perihelion
			23:49 Uranus is at apogee(R.A.:21h33m.8)
26	Fri	21.9	20:55 Last quarter moon
27	Sat	22.9
28	Sun	23.9	23:27 Saturn is closest to Jupiter (01o08'.9)
29	Moon	24.9	16:06 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
30	Tue	25.9	PegS is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-13.8,Period 319 days)
			23:09 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
31	Wed	26.9	03:05 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			19:18 Jupiter passes 01o11'.2 north of Saturn

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory