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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 29.3 U-Cet is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.8-13.4, Period: 235 days)
14:50 Moon passes 04°42.2' south of Neptune
18:20 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness
19:48 New Moon
23:00 Mars (Mag: 1.3, Dia.: 5.2") approaches closest to Antares (α-Sco) (04°56.7')
2 Sun 0.7 00:01 Europa hides Io (partial occultation, duration: 3.8min., extinction: 2%)
01:15 Algol is its minimum brightness
22:05 Moon passes 04°31.8' south of Uranus
23:33 Jupiter is at the opposition (Mag: -2.6, Dia.: 45.5")
3 Mon 1.7 `Setsubun' (the close of winter)
4 Tue 2.7 02:12 Callisto hides Io (total occultation, 0.7min., duration: 5.6min., extinction: 69%)
10:04 Mercury is at the western greatest elongation (25°21.0', Mag: 0.0, Dia.: 06.8")
15:05 `Risshun' (Longitude of the sun reaches 315 degrees)
22:04 Algol is its minimum brightness
5 Wed 3.7
6 Thu 4.7 10:02 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere
7 Fri 5.7 02:04 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (02°57.6')
18:54 Algol is its minimum brightness
8 Sat 6.7 07h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.052, 404,558km, Dia.: 29'32")
9 Sun 7.3 02:09 Europa hides Io (partial occultation, duration: 2.5min., extinction: 1%)
20:11 First quarter moon
10 Mon 8.7
11 Tue 9.7 National holiday in Japan (`Kenkoku kinen no hi')
12 Wed 10.7 11:47 Moon passes 02°38.1' north of Saturn
13 Thu 11.7 20:00 Moon is at the northernmost (Decl.: +25°55.4')
22:52 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.6min., extinction: 39%)
14 Fri 12.7
15 Sat 13.7 16:36 Comet 79P/du Toit-Hartley (Period: 5.3 years) passes the perihelion
16 Sun 14.7 03:01 Moon passes 03°49.3' north of Jupiter
17 Mon 15.7 V-Mon is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0-13.9, Period: 341 days)
08:51 Full Moon
18 Tue 16.7 02:50 Mars passes 09°09.3' south of Pluto
13:18 Uranus is at the conjunction (00°45.5' north of Sun, Mag: 5.9, Dia.: 03.3")
19 Wed 17.7 02:53 Callisto hides Ganymede (partial occultation, duration: 13.5min., extinction: 43%)
11:00 `Usui' (Longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees)
17:53 Comet 154P/Brewington (Period: 10.7 years) passes the perihelion
20 Thu 18.7 01h Moon is at the nearest from the Earth (0.949, 364,839km, Dia.: 32'45")
05:23 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere
21:18 Callisto hides Europa (total occultation, 1.3min., duration: 3.6min., extinction: 59%)
23:27 Europa enters Callisto's shadow (total occultation by the penumbra, duration: 9.2min., extinction: 54%)
21 Fri 19.7 00:49 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.6min., extinction: 35%)
05:19 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
08:38 Mercury passes 01°33.5' south of Neptune
14:13 Neptune approaches closest to Mercury (01°31.3')
22 Sat 20.7 19:19 Saturn is at the apogee (R.A.: 05h26.0m)
23 Sun 21.7
24 Mon 22.7 01:46 Last quarter moon
23:50 Algol is its minimum brightness
25 Tue 23.7 05:27 Moon passes 10°46.5' south of Pluto
13:35 Moon passes 01°51.9' south of Mars
19:28 Ganymede enters Europa's shadow (annular occultation, 4.8min., duration: 12.5min., extinction: 41%)
26 Wed 24.7 14:48 Moon is at the southernmost (Decl.: -26°00.9')
27 Thu 25.7 20:03 Moon passes 05°05.9' south of Venus
20:39 Algol is its minimum brightness
28 Fri 26.7 02:48 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.6min., extinction: 31%)
21:40 Callisto enters Io's shadow (annular occultation, 7.0min., duration: 20.6min., extinction: 57%)
23:35 Moon passes 04°49.0' south of Neptune

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