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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sun 9.6 V-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 302 days,7.0-15.0)
2 Moon 10.6 04:13 Longitude of the sun reaches 100 degrees
17:02 Mars(Mag:-2.2) is closest to Oph globular cluster M19(Mag:6.8)(00o35'.4)
3 Tue 11.6 14:59 Moon passes 08o42'.1 south of Pluto
19:09 Moon passes 05o55'.0 north of Mars
4 Wed 12.6 06h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south
20:27 Occultation of 4 Sgr(Mag:4.8)(time of Sendai)
22:26 Earth passses aphelion(1.0166426AU)
5 Thu 13.6 21:12 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-23o24'.8)
23:55 Partial lunar eclipse(49.9¡ó)
6 Fri 14.6 00:04 Full Moon
02:31 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
7 Sat 15.6 Tanabata
R-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 270 days,6.7-12.8)
08h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at south
10:07 Longitude of the sun reaches 105 degrees
23:02 Moon passes 02o57'.4 south of Neptune
8 Sun 16.6 21:29 Asteroid Ceres is at opposition(Mag:7.3)
9 Moon 17.6 S-Ser is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 372 days,7.0-14.1)
07:09 Moon passes 03o17'.2 south of Uranus
20h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.055,405,560km,Dia.:29'28")
10 Tue 18.6 02:04 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(21o07'.9,Mag:0.4,Dia.:7".9)
11 Wed 19.6 R-CMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 338 days,7.2-11.6)
12 Thu 20.6 00:34 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
13 Fri 21.6 07:29 Mercury passes 01o55'.8 south of Jupiter
09:48 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
17:47 Jupiter is closest to Mercury (01o52'.8)
19:24 Venus(Mag:-4.1) is closest to Epsilon-Tau(Mag:3.6)(00o05'.1)
14 Sat 22.6 03:45 Last quarter moon
15 Sun 23.6 R-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 388 days,3.5-10.9)
14:03 Venus passes 00o44'.1 south of Saturn
17:08 Saturn is closest to Venus (00o43'.4)
16 Moon 24.6 17:38 Mon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o20'.8)
17 Tue 25.6 T-Col is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 226 days,6.6-12.7)
17:11 Jupiter(Mag:-1.9) is closest to 1Gem(Mag:4.3)(00o05'.9)
22:13 Moon passes 00o35'.2 south of Saturn(Occultation of Saturn in South America)
18 Wed 26.6 RR-Sco is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 281 days,5.0-12.4)
02:41 Moon passes 00o16'.3 north of Venus(Occultation of Venus in North America)
19 Thu 27.6 01:04 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
09:08 Moon passes 00o11'.4 south of Jupiter(Occultation of Jupiter in Southeast Asia)
22:09 Moon passes 00o59'.2 north of Mercury(Occultation of Mercury in Arctic)
20 Fri 28.6 National holiday in Japan (Umi no hi)
04:49 Comet 16P/Brooks2 passses perihelion(Period 6.9 years)
00:03 Longitude of the sun reaches 117 degrees
01:30 Algol is at minimum brightness
02:54 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+23o25'.0)
03:14 Mars(Mag:-1.8) is closest to Antares-Sco(Mag:1)(05 degrees.3)
07:40 Mars is at apogee(R.A.:16h53.2m)
21 Sat 0.3 04:44 New Moon
22 Sun 1.3 T-Cep is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 388 days,5.2-11.3)
R-Lep is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 427 days,5.5-11.7)
06h Moon is nearest to the Earth(0.934,359,020km,Dia.:33'17")
22:18 Algol is at minimum brightness
23 Moon 2.3 03:26 Longitude of the sun reaches 120 degrees
24 Tue 3.3
25 Wed 4.3
26 Thu 5.3 04:26 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
27 Fri 6.3 17:58 Venus(Mag:-4.0) is closest to Tau CncnebulaM1(Mag:8.5)(00o37'.9)
19:08 First quarter moon
28 Sat 7.3 S-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 307 days,6.4-13.0)
07:47 Venus(Mag:-4.0) is closest to Zeta-Tau(Mag:3.0)(00o18'.1)
29 Sun 8.3 R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 145 days,6.1-12.1)
15h Delta-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak(Jul.15-Aug.15)
30 Moon 9.3 19:44 Mon passes 08o33'.7 south of Pluto
19:54 Neptune is at opposition(Mag:7.8,Dia.:2".3)
Earth passes in front of Sun(Seeing from Neptune)
22:37 Moon passes 06o05'.9 north of Mars
31 Tue 10.3 S-UMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 331 days,7.5-13.2)
23:38 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness

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