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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Tue 29.0 00:01 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.4min., extinction: 18%)
01:39 Europa enters Io's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 4.4min., extinction: 34%)
04:16 β-Lyr is its minimum brightness
23:31 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere
2 Wed 0.3 R-Cet is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2-14.3, Period: 166 days)
04:19 New Moon
3 Thu 1.3 S-Her is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.4-13.8, Period: 307 days)
03:34 Moon passes 03°57.6' south of Mercury
4 Fri 2.3 00:00 Jupiter approaches closest to M44 (Plaesepe) (01°04.2')
03:06 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
09:50 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (02°35.0')
13h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,203km, Dia.: 29'25")
14:07 Jupiter is at the apogee (R.A.: 08h42.9m)
5 Sat 3.3 13:52 `Seimei' (Longitude of the sun reaches 15 degrees)
6 Sun 4.3 21:06 Io enters Europa's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 5.4min., extinction: 35%)
7 Mon 5.3
8 Tue 6.3 06:51 Moon passes 03°04.7' north of Saturn
9 Wed 7.3 12:25 Moon is at the northernmost (Decl.: +26°23.1')
10 Thu 8.3 08:40 First quarter moon
19:30 Saturn approaches closest to M1 (Crab nebula) (00°19.8')
22:17 Callisto hides Io (partial occultation, duration: 2.1min., extinction: 0%)
11 Fri 9.3 02:40 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
16:51 Moon passes 04°03.1' north of Jupiter
20:58 Algol is its minimum brightness
12 Sat 10.3
13 Sun 11.3 23:22 Io enters Europa's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 5.5min., extinction: 47%)
14 Mon 12.3 02:52 β-Lyr is its minimum brightness
15 Tue 13.3
16 Wed 14.3 01:36 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere
03:22 Occultation of γ-Vir (Mag: 2.9) (immersion time at Sapporo)
19:11 Ganymede enters Europa's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 8.0min., extinction: 15%)
23:39 Mercury is at the eastern greatest elongation (19°46.0', Mag: 0.2, Dia.: 07.7")
17 Thu 15.3 04:36 Full Moon
14h Moon is at the nearest from the Earth (0.929, 357,150km, Dia.: 33'27")
19:21 Midspring day (`Doyou') (Longitude of the sun reaches 27 degrees)
18 Fri 16.3 02:13 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
19 Sat 17.3
20 Sun 18.3 R-CMi is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2-11.6, Period: 338 days)
00:28 Callisto enters Ganymede's shadow (penumbra occultation, duration: 10.6min., extinction: 10%)
19:29 Moon passes 11°23.6' south of Pluto
21:03 `Kokuu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 30 degrees)
21 Mon 19.3 R-Lyn is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2-14.3, Period: 378 days)
19:55 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness
22 Tue 20.3 03:00 Moon is at the southernmost (Decl.: -26°26.6')
05:08 Occultation of φ-Sgr (Mag: 3.3) (immersion time at Naha)
23 Wed 21.3 01h Lyrids meteor shower is at the peak (Apr.16 - Apr.25)
16:02 Moon passes 03°23.6' south of Mars
21:18 Last quarter moon
24 Thu 22.3 01:45 Venus approaches closest to Asteroid Pallas (01°42.2')
13:12 Moon passes 05°12.7' south of Neptune
25 Fri 23.3 01:47 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
18:48 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness
19:36 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 3.8min., extinction: 24%)
26 Sat 24.3 00:43 Moon passes 04°49.7' south of Uranus
03:00 Jupiter approaches closest to δ-Cnc (00°46.2')
18h α-Virginids meteor shower is at the peak (Mar.10 - May 15)
27 Sun 25.3 01:27 β-Lyr is its minimum brightness
06:24 Mercury is at the apogee (R.A.: 03h09.6m)
28 Mon 26.3 23:59 Callisto hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 7.9min., extinction: 41%)
29 Tue 27.3 National Holiday in Japan (`Midori no hi')
01:45 Moon passes 02°43.8' south of Venus
05:40 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere
30 Wed 28.3 χ-Cyg is its maximum brightness (Mag: 3.3-14.2, Period: 408 days)
20:18 Ganymede enters Io's shadow (annular occultation by the umbra, 2.7min., duration: 7.6min., extinction: 52%)

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