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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Thu 5.8 HerRS is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 220 days,7.0-12.0)
2 Fri 6.8 03:05 Moon passes 01o58'.8 south of Saturn
17:34 Moon passes 02o49'.5 south of Jupiter
3 Sat 7.8 11:03 First quarter moon
4 Sun 8.8 02:05 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
18:24 Pluto is most at west(Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".14)
5 Moon 9.8 R-Leo is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 310 days,4.4-11.3)
13:32 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+22o45'.4)
21:32 Longitude of the sun reaches 345 degrees
6 Tue 10.8 R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 145 days,6.1-12.1)
01:25 Occultation of Delta-Gem(Mag:3.5)(time of Tokyo)
7 Wed 11.8 03:06 Mars(Mag:0.4)is closest to Antares-Sco (Mag:1)(05 degrees.3)
19:34 Venus is at apogee(R.A.:00h54.5m)
8 Thu 12.8 18h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.936,359,768km,Dia.:33'13")
9 Fri 13.8
10 Sat 14.8 02:23 Full Moon
19:27 Uranus is closest to Mercury (00o07'.9)
19:59 Mercury passes 00o08'.0 north of Uranus
11 Sun 15.8 01:38 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
15:00 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
15:10 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(27o27'.8,Mag:0.2,Dia.:7".2)
12 Moon 16.8
13 Tue 17.8
14 Wed 18.8
15 Thu 19.8 VirU is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 207 days,7.4-13.5)
21:36 Algol is at minimum brightness
22:56 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
16 Fri 20.8 05:36 Moon passes 01o47'.5 north of Mars
09:52 Moon passes 08o21'.3 south of Pluto
11h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
17 Sat 21.8 Higan no iri
05:45 Last quarter moon
18 Sun 22.8 R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 317 days,6.7-14.4)
01:11 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
12:40 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-22o51'.4)
16:27 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (Occultation of Ceres in 00o29'.4)(Africa)
19 Moon 23.8 06:46 Pluto is at apogee(R.A.:17h00.8m)
21:40 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
20 Tue 24.8 National Holiday in Japan (Syunbun no hi)
16:48 Moon passes 02o22'.8 south of Neptune
20h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.055,405,470km,Dia.:29'28")
22:31 Longitude of the sun reaches 0 degrees
21 Wed 25.8 18:59 Comet 110P/Hartley3 passses perihelion(Period 6.9 years)
07:08 Mars passes 10o05'.0 south of Pluto
22:36 Moon passes 02o41'.5 south of Uranus
22 Thu 26.8
23 Fri 27.8 03:16 Moon passes 02o12'.3 south of Mercury
20:41 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
24 Sat 28.8 U-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 463 days,5.9-12.1)
C/(1999 Y1 Comet )LINEAR passses perihelion
25 Sun 0.1 V-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 357 days,6.9-12.6)
R-Lyn is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 378 days,7.2-14.3)
00:45 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
10:21 New Moon
12:41 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (Occultation of Vesta in 00o02'.3)
14:55 Moon passes 14o28'.2 south of Venus
26 Moon 1.1 00:08 Mon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
15:21 Occultation of Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (00o20'.7)
27 Tue 2.1 00:13 107P/(1979 VA)Wilson Comet Harrington passses perihelion(Period 4.3 years)
19:34 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
28 Wed 3.1 08:32 Venus is at inferrior conjunction(08o55'.7,Mag:-4.1,Dia.:59".1 north of Sun)
29 Thu 4.1 T-Dra is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 421 days,7.2-13.5)
12:47 Moon passes 01o42'.1 south of Saturn
30 Fri 5.1 06:45 45P/Honda Mrkos Comet Pajdusakova passses perihelion(Period 5.3 years)
06:23 Moon passes 02o21'.8 south of Jupiter
20:44 Venus is closest to Sun (08o00'.4)
31 Sat 6.1 19:25 Asteroid Vesta is at conjunction

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