October 2000

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Wed 4.8 00:26 Neptune is most at east(Mag:7.9,Dia.:02".2)
03:06 Algol is at minimum brightness
2 Thu 5.8 02:45 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-22o22'.6)
3 Fri 6.8 National holiday in Japan (Bunka no hi)
05h Tau (south) meteor shower is at peak(mid October-last November)
12h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.052(404,378km,Dia.:29'33")
20:26 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (03o47'.8)
22:50 Moon passes 01o36'.3 south of Neptune
23:55 Algol is at minimum brightness
4 Sat 7.8 16:27 First quarter moon
5 Sun 8.8 00:56 Moon passes 01o48'.7 south of Uranus
6 Moon 9.8 20:43 Algol is at minimum brightness
7 Tue 10.8 11:48 Longitude of the sun reaches 225 degrees
8 Wed 11.8 03:19 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:13h54m.0)
9 Thu 12.8 11:42 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
17:32 Algol is at minimum brightness
10 Fri 13.8 U-Ori is at maximum brightness (Mag:4.8-13.0,Period 368 days)
S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.3-13.2,Period 375 days)
11 Sat 14.8 22:21 Uranus is closest to Asteroid Juno (02o39'.7)
12 Sun 15.8 06:15 Full Moon
11h Tau (north) meteor shower is at peak(mid October-last November)
19:37 Moon passes 01o34'.9 south of Saturn
13 Moon 16.8 12:27 Moon passes 02o18'.8 south of Jupiter
14 Tue 17.8 14:01 Uranus is most at east(Mag:5.8,Dia.:03".5)
15 Wed 18.8 08:00 Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.952(366,051km,Dia.:32'38")
14:22 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(19o20'.4,Mag:-0.5,Dia.:06".7)
21:10 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+22o28'.3)
16 Thu 19.8 06h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
17 Fri 20.8 15h Leo meteor shower is at peak(Nov.15-Nov.22)
18 Sat 21.8
19 Sun 22.8 00:24 Last quarter moon
20 Moon 23.8 09:24 Saturn is at opposition(Mag:-0.4,Dia.:20".3,Ring:46".1)
21 Tue 24.8 04:48 Algol is at minimum brightness
10:46 Comet 14P/Wolf passses perihelion(Period 8.21 years)
22 Wed 25.8 R-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.1-14.4,Period 426 days)
01:17 Asteroid Ceres is closest to Sun (02o49'.1)
02:59 Moon passes 04o06'.8 north of Mars
07:49 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
09:19 Longitude of the sun reaches 240 degrees
20:03 Asteroid Ceres is at conjunction(Mag:8.5)
23 Thu 26.8 National holiday in Japan (Kinro kansya no hi)
24 Fri 27.8 01:37 Algol is at minimum brightness
16h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at south
20:13 Moon passes 02o55'.1 north of Mercury
25 Sat 28.8
26 Sun 0.2 03:05 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (00o56'.0)(Occultation of Ceres in Canada)
08:11 New Moon
22:26 Algol is at minimum brightness
27 Moon 1.2 02:15 Moon passes 07o35'.8 south of Pluto
28 Tue 2.2 R-Gem is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.0-14.0,Period 370 days)
14:32 Jupiter is at opposition(Mag:-2.9,Dia.:48".6)
29 Wed 3.2 05:14 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
11:11 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-22o32'.5)
19:15 Algol is at minimum brightness
30 Thu 4.2 03:29 Moon passes 01o59'.5 north of Venus

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