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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 27.7 23:42 Moon passes 03°02.3' south of Mercury
2 Sun 28.7 08:27 Moon passes 04°33.3' south of Uranus
3 Mon 0.0 11:35 New Moon
4 Tue 1.0 R-Vir is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.1-12.1, Period: 146 days)
19:44 Asteroid Pallas is at the conjunction
20:37 Europa hides Ganymede (annular occultation, 0.5min., duration: 9.9min., extinction: 22%)
22:15 Mercury passes 01°31.9' south of Uranus
22:56 Ganymede enters Europa's shadow (annular occultation, 4.7min., duration: 11.9min., extinction: 44%)
5 Wed 2.0 06:01 Uranus approaches closest to Mercury (01°26.4')
17:02 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere
6 Thu 3.0 R-Aur is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7-13.9, Period: 458 days)
06:00 Mars approaches closest to M20 (Trifid nebula) (00°30.1')
09:05 `Keichitsu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 345 degrees)
17:10 Mars approaches closest to M8 (Lagoon nebula) (00°50.5')
7 Fri 4.0 04:52 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
05:18 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (02°35.7')
07:08 Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) (Period: 8.5 years) passes the perihelion
22:30 Sun approaches closest to Asteroid Pallas (03°48.4')
8 Sat 5.0 02h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.055, 405,380km, Dia.: 29'29")
9 Sun 6.0
10 Mon 7.0 01:37 Callisto hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 12.9min., extinction: 59%)
05:10 Pluto is at the western quadrature (Mag: 13.9, Dia.: 0.1")
18:59 Europa enters Io's shadow (annular occultation, 0.7min., duration: 4.8min., extinction: 84%)
11 Tue 8.0 V-CrB is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9-12.6, Period: 358 days)
16:15 First quarter moon
20:43 Moon passes 02°49.2' north of Saturn
12 Wed 9.0 11:29 Saturn is at the eastern quadrature (Mag: 0.0, Dia.: 18.5", long side of the ring: 41.9")
13 Thu 10.0 03:47 Neptune approaches closest to Venus (00°11.0')
04:41 Venus passes 00°11.6' north of Neptune
04:45 Moon is at the northernmost (Decl.: +26°09.6')
14 Fri 11.0 04:25 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
08:00 Jupiter approaches closest to δ-Cnc (00°48.6')
15 Sat 12.0 08:44 Moon passes 03°51.2' north of Jupiter
16 Sun 13.0 R-Cyg is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.1-14.4, Period: 426 days)
21:29 Callisto enters Europa's shadow (annular occultation, 2.3min., duration: 13.2min., extinction: 25%)
17 Mon 14.0 R-Vul is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0-14.3, Period: 137 days)
19:51 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.4min., extinction: 22%)
21:12 Europa enters Io's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 4.8min., extinction: 68%)
18 Tue 15.0 Higan no iri
10:35 Mars approaches closest to M22 (globular cluster in Sgr) (00°23.7')
19:35 Full Moon
19 Wed 16.0 05:41 β-Lyr is its minimum brightness
14:33 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere
22:24 Algol is its minimum brightness
20 Thu 17.0 04h Moon is at the nearest from the Earth (0.936, 359,813km, Dia.: 33'13")
21 Fri 18.0 National Holiday in Japan (`Shunbun no hi')
U-Her is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.4-13.4, Period: 406 days)
03:59 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
10:00 `Shunbun' (Vernal Equinox, Longitude of the sun reaches 0 degrees)
17:31 Mercury is at the superior conjunction (01°20.7' south of Sun, Mag: -1.8, Dia.: 05.0")
22 Sat 19.0 19:13 Algol is its minimum brightness
12:30 Mercury approaches closest to Sun (01°20.7')
23 Sun 20.0 Asteroid (26379) 1999 HZ1 approaches closest to the Earth (0.18350AU)
24 Mon 21.0 T-Her is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.8-13.7, Period: 165 days)
V-Peg is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0-15.0, Period: 302 days)
01:34 Pluto is at the apogee (R.A.: 17h19.2m)
11:41 Moon passes 11°09.0' south of Pluto
21:55 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.4min., extinction: 19%)
23:25 Europa enters Io's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 4.6min., extinction: 51%)
25 Tue 22.0 RU-Her is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.8-14.3, Period: 485 days)
10:51 Last quarter moon
19:56 Moon is at the southernmost (Decl.: -26°15.5')
21:14 Io enters Callisto's shadow (partial occultation by the penumbra, duration: 8.0min., extinction: 34%)
22:39 Ganymede enters Callisto's shadow (annular occultation, 4.2min., duration: 13.3min., extinction: 54%)
26 Wed 23.0 02:43 Moon passes 02°55.4' south of Mars
27 Thu 24.0
28 Fri 25.0 03:32 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
06:34 Moon passes 05°01.4' south of Neptune
21:46 Uranus approaches closest to Venus (00°02.6')
22:04 Venus passes 00°02.8' north of Uranus
29 Sat 26.0 17:04 Moon passes 04°41.0' south of Uranus
19:00 Moon passes 04°41.6' south of Venus
30 Sun 27.0
31 Mon 28.0 17:23 Asteroid Vesta is at the opposition (in Vir, Mag: 5.9)

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