September 2001

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Moon 13.7
U-Ari is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 371 days,7.5-15.5)
2 Tue 14.7 04:51 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:13h45.1m)
22:49 Full Moon
3 Wed 15.7 02:45 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
4 Thu 16.7
5 Fri 17.7 R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 284 days,5.5-12.0)
6 Sat 18.7
7 Sun 19.7 R-Oph is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 307 days,7.0-13.8)
8 Moon 20.7 National holiday in Japan (Taiiku no hi)
03:54 Moon passes 00o31'.2 north of Saturn(Mag:-0.1)(Time in Sapporo 03:32)
14:25 Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees
22h Gamma-Dra meteo shower(Giacobinids) is at maximum brightness (Oct.8-Oct.9)
9 Tue 21.7 RT-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 306 days,6.0-14.1)
10 Wed 22.7 03:43 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+23o56'.2)
09:18 Moon passes 01o26'.7 north of Jupiter
13:20 Last quarter moon
11 Thu 23.7 01:57 Jupiter is most at west(Mag:-2.3,Dia.:39".4)
04:59 Algol is at minimum brightness
12 Fri 24.7 RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 190 days,6.0-10.1)
13 Sat 25.7
14 Sun 26.7 01:48 Algol is at minimum brightness
03:01 Mercury is at inferrior conjunction(01o52'.3,Mag:5.2,Dia.:10".1 south of Sun)
13:19 Mercury is closest to Sun (01o36'.7)
15 Moon 27.7 R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 362 days,6.1-11.8)
S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 360 days,5.8-14.1)
03:58 Occultation of Nu-Vir(Mag:4.2)(time of Sapporo)
08h Moon is nearest to the Earth(0.941,361,862km,Dia.:33'01")
11:11 Moon passes 03o51'.0 north of Venus
16 Tue 28.7 08:55 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
15:58 Moon passes 06o11'.2 north of Mercury
22:36 Algol is at minimum brightness
17 Wed 0.3 04:23 New Moon
18 Thu 1.3 08:17 Neptune is at apogee(R.A.:20h33.3m)
19 Fri 2.3 19:25 Algol is at minimum brightness
20 Sat 3.3 17:04 Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees
19:26 Moon passes 08o42'.8 south of Pluto
21 Sun 4.3 W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 198 days,7.3-13.0)
22h Ori meteor shower is at peak(Oct.10-Oct.30)
22 Moon 5.3 20:15 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.:12h54.0m)
22:06 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-24o02'.5)
23 Tue 6.3 17:26 Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees
24 Wed 7.3 05:08 Moon passes 00o07'.3 south of Mars(Occultation of Mars in South America)
11:58 First quarter moon
20:50 Moon passes 03o14'.3 south of Neptune
25 Thu 8.3
26 Fri 9.3 02:19 Moon passes 03o24'.1 south of Uranus
27 Sat 10.3 03h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
05h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.053,404,932km,Dia.:29'31")
28 Sun 11.3 19:56 C/(1999 U4 )Catalina Comet Skiff passses perihelion
29 Moon 12.3 Kurimeigetu
R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 378 days,6.9-13.8)
30 Tue 13.3 S-CMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 333 days,6.6-13.2)
01:30 Mercury is at western greatest elongation(18o33'.9,Mag:-0.5,Dia.:6".8)
07:13 Venus is closest to Mercury (00o35'.3)
10:03 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
10:09 Mercury is closest to Theta-Vir(Mag:4.4))(00o21'.8)
10:35 Mars(Mag:-0.5) is most at east(Mag:0.0,Dia.:8".9)
12:51 Venus(Mag:-3.9) is closest to Theta-Vir(Mag:4.4))(00o12'.8)
31 Wed 14.3 05:15 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
13:25 Uranus is at apogee(R.A.:21h34.2m)

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