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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Thu 27.9 13:28 Comet 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura passses perihelion(Period 6.46 years)
13:24 Moon passes 02o40'.8 south of Saturn
13:33 Moon passes 03o51'.7 south of Jupiter
2 Fri 28.9 16:06 Moon passes 03o30'.7 south of Venus
21:14 New Moon
3 Sat 0.6 10:38 Moon passes 03o37'.1 south of Mars
14:45 Pluto is at opposition(Mag:13.7,Dia.:0".14)
22h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.934(359,095km,Dia.:33'17")
4 Sun 1.6 R-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.8-12.4,Period 386 days)
12:56 Moon passes 03o33'.5 south of Mercury
20:23 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+21o43'.0)
5 Moon 2.6 17:59 Longitude of the sun reaches 75 degrees
6 Tue 3.6
7 Wed 4.6 02:40 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
8 Thu 5.6
9 Fri 6.6 12:29 First quarter moon
22:32 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (24o02'.9 ,Mag:0.6,Dia.:08".2)
10 Sat 7.6 23:25 Longitude of the sun reaches 80 degrees
11 Sun 8.6 06:37 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
18:13 Venus is closest to Sun (00o06'.0)
20:08 Venus is at exferrior conjunction(00o06'.2,Mag:-3.9,Dia.:09".6 north of Sun)
12 Moon 9.6 21:42 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
13 Tue 10.6
14 Wed 11.6 02:15 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
15 Thu 12.6
16 Fri 13.6 03:33 Moon passes 07o48'.5 south of Pluto
17 Sat 14.6 07:27 Full Moon
18 Sun 15.6 15:48 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-21o44'.9)
22h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.056(406,113km,Dia.:29'26")
19 Moon 16.6
20 Tue 17.6 04:33 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (00o02'.0)(Occultation of Vesta in Australia)
16:13 Moon passes 01o16'.3 south of Neptune
21 Wed 18.6 R-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag:3.5-10.9,Period 339 days)
01:50 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
10:48 Longitude of the sun reaches 90 degrees
20:56 Moon passes 01o37'.0 south of Uranus
22 Thu 19.6 04:49 Venus passes 00o18'.3 south of Mars
05:10 Mars is closest to Venus (00o18'.3)
23 Fri 20.6 05:05 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:07h25m.3)
21:52 Comet 33P/Daniel passses perihelion(Period 8.07 years)
24 Sat 21.6
25 Sun 22.6 02:37 Algol is at minimum brightness
10:00 Last quarter moon
20:16 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
26 Moon 23.6 01:05 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
27 Tue 24.6
28 Wed 25.6 01:24 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
29 Thu 26.6 T-Cep is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.2-11.3,Period 388 days)
05:07 Moon passes 02o33'.8 south of Saturn
10:18 Moon passes 03o36'.0 south of Jupiter
30 Fri 27.6

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