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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 13.0 Nihyakutoka
01:38 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:13 Venus(Mag:-4.0) is closest to Theta-Pic(Mag:5.3)(00o45'.1)
15:42 Moon passes 03o05'.8 south of Uranus
2 Sun 14.0 W-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 351 days,7.1-14.8)
R-Tri is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 267 days,5.4-12.6)
08h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.057,406,323km,Dia.:29'25")
3 Moon 15.0 06:43 Full Moon
10:41 Comet 82P/Gehrels3 passses perihelion(Period 8.4 years)
19:20 Pluto is most at east(Mag:13.8,Dia.:0".14)
22:27 Algol is at minimum brightness
4 Tue 16.0 19:34 Occultation of Psc33(Mag:4.7) (time of Sendai)
20:50 Saturn is most at west(Mag:0.1,Dia.:18".3,Ring:41".3)
5 Wed 17.0 T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 202 days,7.2-14.2)
21:04 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
6 Thu 18.0
7 Fri 19.0 22:46 Longitude of the sun reaches 165 degrees
8 Sat 20.0 19:17 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
9 Sun 21.0
10 Moon 22.0 13:42 Mon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o53'.2)
21:52 Moon passes 00o11'.7 north of Saturn(Occultation of Saturn in North America)
11 Tue 23.0 04:00 Last quarter moon
12 Wed 24.0 21:14 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+23o40'.4)
21:23 Moon passes 00o57'.3 north of Jupiter(Occultation of Jupiter in North America)
13 Thu 25.0
14 Fri 26.0
15 Sat 27.0 National holiday in Japan (Keiro no hi)
02:11 Comet 19P/Borrelly passses perihelion(Period 6.9 years)
15:42 Moon passes 03o17'.9 north of Venus
16 Sun 28.0 R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 137 days,7.0-14.3)
18h Heliocentric latitude of Mars is most at south
17 Moon 29.0 01h Mon is nearest to the Earth(0.932,358,122km,Dia.:33'22")
19:27 New Moon
18 Tue 0.7 22:20 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
19 Wed 1.7 RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 336 days,5.4-14.0)
07:24 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(26o32'.0,Mag:0.1,Dia.:6".9)
11:23 Moon passes 08o05'.2 north of Mercury
20 Thu 2.7 Higan no iri
16:21 Mercury(Mag:0.2) is closest to Spica-Vir(Mag:1)(00o48'.8)
21 Fri 3.7 03:18 Algol is at minimum brightness
07:48 Venus(Mag:-3.9) is closest to Regulus-Leo(Mag:1.3)(00o26'.3)
22 Sat 4.7
23 Sun 5.7 National holiday in Japan (Syubun no hi)
08:04 Longitude of the sun reaches 180 degrees
09:13 Moon passes 08o36'.3 south of Pluto
10:03 P/(1987 Comet Q3)Helin passses perihelion(Period 14.1 years)
24 Moon 6.7 National holiday in Japan
00:07 Algol is at minimum brightness
18:31 First quarter moon
25 Tue 7.7 R-And is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 409 days,5.8-14.9)
R-LMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 372 days,6.3-13.2)
09:36 Moon passes 02o24'.2 north of Mars
14:12 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-23o46'.9)
26 Wed 8.7 20:56 Algol is at minimum brightness
27 Thu 9.7 12:02 Saturn is at apogee(R.A.:04h55.6m)
13:54 Moon passes 03o00'.2 south of Neptune
28 Fri 10.7 R-Com is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 363 days,7.1-14.6)
20:11 Moon passes 03o11'.1 south of Uranus
29 Sat 11.7 R-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 302 days,6.5-13.7)
11:47 Mars is closest to Asteroid Ceres (04o46'.2)
15h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.056,405,784km,Dia.:29'27")
30 Sun 12.7 05h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south

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