July 2000

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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Sat	28.6	22:25 Longitude of the sun reaches 100 degrees
2	Sun	0.3	T-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.8-13.7,Period 165 days)
			SerS is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-14.1,Period 372 days)
			04:20 New Moon(Occultation of partial Sun in South Pacific Ocean)
			04:32 Moon passes 02o10'.9 south of Mars
			06:24 Mars is at conjunction(00o52'.6 north of Sun)
			07h Moon is nearest to the Earth0.930(357,359km,Dia.:33'26")
			07:17 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+21o44'.7)
			14:17 Moon passes 01o37'.4 south of Venus
			14:46 Moon passes 03o18'.8 north of Mercury
			18:11 Venus is closest to Mercury (04o56'.7)
			18:29 Mercury passes 04o56'.7 south of Venus
3	Moon	1.3
4	Tue	2.3	08:51 Earth passses aphelion(1.0167411AU)
			23:13 Comet C/1999K5(LINEAR) passses perihelion
5	Wed	3.3	00:59 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
6	Thu	4.3	U-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.8-13.4,Period 235 days)
			RS-Lib is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-13.0,Period 218 days)
			12:58 Mercury is at inferrior conjunction(04o39'.4,Mag:5.0,Dia.:11".9 south of Sun)
			15:35 Mercury is closest to Sun (04o39'.2)
7	Fri	5.3	Tanabata
			04:14 Longitude of the sun reaches 105 degrees
			12:06 Mercury passes 05o39'.8 south of Mars
8	Sat	6.3	02:12 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (03o27'.0)
			13:25 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
			21:53 First quarter moon
9	Sun	7.3
10	Moon	8.3	R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-14.3,Period 166 days)
11	Tue	9.3	R-CMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-11.6,Period 338 days)
12	Wed	10.3	00:34 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
13	Thu	11.3	08:12 Moon passes 07o36'.5 south of Pluto
14	Fri	12.3
15	Sat	13.3	22:09 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-21o44'.5)
16	Sun	14.3	01h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.057(406,203km,Dia.:29'25")
			22:55 Full Moon
			22:56 Total lunar eclipse
			23:45 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o26'.0)
17	Moon	15.3	09h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south
			11:59 Asteroid Vesta is at opposition(Mag:5.4)
			19:04 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:06h43m.8)
			20:54 Moon passes 01o13'.3 south of Neptune
18	Tue	16.3	01:06 Algol is at minimum brightness
19	Wed	17.3	00:10 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
			01:18 Moon passes 01o33'.6 south of Uranus
			18:16 Longitude of the sun reaches 117 degrees
20	Thu	18.3	National holiday in Japan (Umi no hi)
21	Fri	19.3	Z-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.1-14.7,Period 263 days)
			T-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-13.5,Period 299 days)
			14:26 Mars is farthest from the Earth(2.6211051AU,Mag:1.7,Dia.:03".6)
22	Sat	20.3	21:43 Longitude of the sun reaches 120 degrees
23	Sun	21.3	07:50 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
24	Moon	22.3	RS-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.0-12.0,Period 220 days)
			20:02 Last quarter moon
25	Tue	23.3	23:45 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
26	Wed	24.3	18:28 Moon passes 02o22'.7 south of Saturn
27	Thu	25.3	04:36 Moon passes 03o15'.8 south of Jupiter
			18:16 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(19o47'.9,Mag:0.3,Dia.:07".7)
28	Fri	26.3	RU-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.8-14.3,Period 485 days)
			06:32 Neptune is at opposition(Mag:7.8,Dia.:02".3)
			Earth passes in front of Sun (Seeing from Neptune)
29	Sat	27.3	Delta-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak(Jul.15-Aug.15)
			17:57 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+21o44'.5)
30	Sun	28.3	02:08 Moon passes 00o49'.3 north of Mercury(Occultation of Marcury in Canada)
			17h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.932(358,377km,Dia.:33'21")
			21:00 Moon passes 00o37'.8 south of Mars(Occultation of Mars in South Atlantic Ocean)
31	Moon	0.0	11:25 New Moon(Partial solor eclipse in Alaska and Siberia)

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory