December 2000

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Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Fri	5.2	07:28 Moon passes 01o50'.7 south of Neptune
			09h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.054(405,276km,Dia.:29'29")
2	Sat	6.2	02:28 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o37'.5)
			08:14 Comet 71P/Clark passses perihelion(Period 5.51 years)
			09:42 Moon passes 02o05'.2 south of Uranus
3	Sun	7.2	T-Col is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.6-12.7,Period 226 days)
			04:06 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
4	Moon	8.2	07:35 Mars(Mag:1.6) is closest to Theta-Virgo(Mag:4.4))(00o26'.4)
			12:55 First quarter moon
5	Tue	9.2
6	Wed	10.2	05:39 Pluto is at conjunction(10o23'.5 north of Sun)
			22:07 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
7	Thu	11.2	02:58 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			04:37 Longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees
8	Fri	12.2	06:31 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Ceres (02o13'.4)
9	Sat	13.2	R-Tri is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.4-12.6,Period 267 days)
10	Sun	14.2	02:18 Moon passes 01o47'.9 south of Saturn
			16:32 Moon passes 02o38'.6 south of Jupiter
11	Moon	15.2	01:51 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
			18:03 Full Moon
12	Tue	16.2	02:56 Occultation of Zeta-Tau(Mag:3.0)(time is in Tokyo)
			05:32 Venus passes 02o32'.2 south of Neptune
			19:16 Neptune is closest to Venus (02o27'.2)
13	Wed	17.2	06:31 Moon is at north most in thes year(Decl.:+22o34'.1)
			07h Moon is nearest to the Earth(0.938,360,606km,Dia.:33'08")
			07:10 Uranus is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o18'.4)
			11:20 Mercury passes 10o48'.8 south of Pluto
14	Thu	18.2	02h Gem meteor shower is at peak(Dec.7-Dec.18)
			03:20 Algol is at minimum brightness
15	Fri	19.2	00:43 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
16	Sat	20.2
17	Sun	21.2	00:09 Algol is at minimum brightness
18	Moon	22.2	09:41 Last quarter moon
			23:36 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
19	Tue	23.2	S-Scl is at maximum brightness (Mag:5.5-13.6,Period 363 days)
			13:50 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
			20:59 Algol is at minimum brightness
20	Wed	24.2	15:49 Moon passes 04o09'.8 north of Mars
21	Thu	25.2	22:37 Longitude of the sun reaches 270 degrees
22	Fri	26.2	17:48 Algol is at minimum brightness
			22h Beta-UMi meteor shower is at peak
			22:28 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
23	Sat	27.2	Imperial Birthday
			R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:7.2-14.3,Period 166 days)
			04h Asteroid 4183 Cuno is closest to Earth(0.1426AU)
24	Sun	28.2	05:55 Venus passes 01o18'.8 south of Uranus
			08:44 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (00o51'.9),(Occultation of Ceres in North Japan, daytime)
			10:55 Moon passes 07o37'.4 south of Pluto
			15:56 Uranus is closest to Venus (01o13'.9)
25	Moon	29.2	Christmas
			19:50 Mercury is closest to Sun (01o36'.0)
26	Tue	0.4	02:14 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(01o36'.4,Mag:-1.2,Dia.:04".7 north of Sun)
			02:22 New Moon(partial Solor eclipse in North America)
			02:27 Moon passes 02o38'.2 north of Mercury
			18:38 Moon is at south most in this year(Decl.:-22o34'.7)
			21:21 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
27	Wed	1.4	CasV is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-13.4,Period 229 days)
28	Thu	2.4	16:02 Moon passes 01o58'.8 south of Neptune
29	Fri	3.4	U-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 406Sun,6.4-13.4 days)
			00h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.057(406,188km,Dia.:29'25")
			18:43 Moon passes 02o16'.1 south of Uranus
30	Sat	4.4	02:47 Comet 87P/Bus passses perihelion(Period 6.52 years)
			07:26 Moon passes 01o46'.7 south of Venus
			10:32 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (01o33'.1)
31	Sun	5.4	00:16 Venus is closest to Asteroid Vesta (03o22'.9)

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory