October 2000

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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Sun	3.3
2	Moon	4.3
3	Tue	5.3	06:19 Moon passes 07o26'.8 south of Pluto
4	Wed	6.3	21:05 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
5	Thu	7.3	W-And is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-14.6,Period 396 days)
			18:21 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-22o07'.0)
			19:59 First quarter moon
6	Fri	8.3	16h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.051(404,169km,Dia.:29'34")
			18:55 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o47'.1)
			19:19 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(25o30'.9,Mag:0.0,Dia.:06".7)
7	Sat	9.3	14:39 Moon passes 01o20'.2 south of Neptune
8	Sun	10.3	08:38 Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees
			16h Gamma-Dra meteo shower (Giacobinids) is at maximum brightnessr(Oct.8-Oct.9)
			16:59 Moon passes 01o32'.6 south of Uranus
9	Moon	11.3	National holiday in Japan (Taiiku no hi)
			04:36 Algol is at minimum brightness
10	Tue	12.3
			R-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.7-12.8,Period 270 days)
			RR-Sco is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.0-12.4,Period 281 days)
11	Wed	13.3
12	Thu	14.3	01:24 Algol is at minimum brightness
13	Fri	15.3	02:00 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
			08h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south
			17:53 Full Moon
14	Sat	16.3	T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-14.2,Period 202 days)
			22:13 Algol is at minimum brightness
15	Sun	17.3	20:29 Neptune is at apogee(R.A.:20h24m.2)
16	Moon	18.3	R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-13.8,Period 378 days)
			14:43 Moon passes 01o34'.6 south of Saturn
17	Tue	19.3	04:05 Occultation of Delta-Tau(Mag:3.9)(time is in Sapporo)
			09:10 Moon passes 02o15'.0 south of Jupiter
			19:02 Algol is at minimum brightness
18	Wed	20.3	R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.1-11.8,Period 362 days)
			RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.4-14.0,Period 336 days)
19	Thu	21.3	02:49 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:14h49m.4)
			03:08 Asteroid Pallas is at conjunction(Mag:9.3)
			14:32 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+22o15'.2)
20	Fri	22.3	S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.8-14.1,Period 360 days)
			01:09 Occultation of Delta-Gem(Mag:3.5)(time is in Tokyo)
			07h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.963(370,120km,Dia.:32'17")
			11:26 Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees
			16:59 Last quarter moon
21	Sat	23.3	17h Ori meteor shower is at peak(Oct.10-Oct.30)
22	Sun	24.3
23	Moon	25.3	11:47 Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees
24	Tue	26.3	14:30 Moon passes 03o28'.0 north of Mars
25	Wed	27.3
26	Thu	28.3	T-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.1-12.9,Period 395 days)
			00:44 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
27	Fri	29.3	05:14 Uranus is at apogee(R.A.:21h18m.3)
			16:58 New Moon
			23:51 Moon passes 06o33'.1 north of Mercury
28	Sat	0.8	20:25 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (00o49'.2)(Occultation of Ceres in Europe)
29	Sun	1.8
30	Moon	2.8	08:09 Venus passes 12o03'.7 south of Pluto
			08:36 Mercury is at inferrior conjunction(00o44'.3,Mag:5.6,Dia.:10".0 south of Sun)
			12:10 Mercury is closest to Sun (00o39'.3)
			16:26 Moon passes 07o32'.6 south of Pluto
			17:21 Moon passes 04o29'.9 north of Venus
31	Tue	3.8	14h Asteroid 4179 Toutatis is closest to Earth(0.0739AU)

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory