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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Thu 29.3 17h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.058, 406,532km, Dia.: 29'24")
21:15 New Moon
2 Fri 0.6 `Hachiju-Hachi ya' (88th day from Risshun, Feb. 4)
01:21 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
06:21 Mars is at the western quadrature (Mag: 0.0, Dia.: 09.5")
13:01 Moon passes 02°40.6' south of Mercury
14:57 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (02°46.8')
21:50 Io hides Europa (partial occultation, duration: 4.0min., extinction: 29%)
3 Sat 1.6 National Holiday in Japan (`Kenpo Kinenbi')
R-Sgr is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7-12.8, Period: 270 days)
20:56 Io enters Ganymede's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 7.9min., extinction: 95%)
4 Sun 2.6 19:30 Algol is its minimum brightness
5 Mon 3.6 National holiday in Japan (`Kodomo no hi')
RT-Cyg is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0-13.1, Period: 190 days)
S-UMa is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1-12.7, Period: 226 days)
17:54 Moon passes 03°18.5' north of Saturn
23:40 Jupiter is at the eastern quadrature (Mag: -2.1, Dia.: 36.9")
6 Tue 4.6 07:10 `Rikka' (Longitude of the sun reaches 45 degrees)
18:45 Moon is at the northernmost (Decl.: +26°29.7')
20h η-Aquarids meteor shower is at the peak (Apr.25 - May 10)
7 Wed 5.6 14:12 Mercury passes on solar disk (beginning time at Tokyo, 18:32 sunset at Tokyo, 19:31 end of the passage)
15:23 Mercury is at the inferior conjunction (00°13.2' north of Sun, Mag: 6.2, Dia.: 12.0")
15:35 Asteroid Juno is at the opposition (in Lib, Mag: 10.1)
16:52 Mercury approaches closest to Sun (00°11.8')
8 Thu 6.6
9 Fri 7.6 00:55 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
03:02 Moon passes 04°16.1' north of Jupiter
11:56 Neptune is at the western quadrature (Mag: 7.9, Dia.: 02.2")
20:53 First quarter moon
10 Sat 8.6 R-CVn is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.5-12.9, Period: 329 days)
00:02 β-Lyr is its minimum brightness
11 Sun 9.6
12 Mon 10.6 05:44 Comet 65P/Gunn (Period: 6.8 years) passes the perihelion
13 Tue 11.6 12:10 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere
22:43 Mars passes 02°02.4' south of Neptune
14 Wed 12.6 17:43 Mars approaches closest to Neptune (01°59.4')
15 Thu 13.6 21:30 Io enters Europa's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 4.8min., extinction: 40%)
16 Fri 14.6 00:30 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
01h Moon is at the nearest from the Earth (0.930, 357,449km, Dia.: 33'26")
11:59 Neptune is at the apogee (R.A.: 21h02.6m)
12:36 Full Moon (total solar eclipse around America and Europe)
23:00 Neptune approaches closest to θ-Cap (00°55.4')
17 Sat 15.6 S-Hya is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2-13.3, Period: 257 days)
16:03 Asteroid Ceres approaches closest to Sun (03°17.2')
22:29 Europa enters Ganymede's shadow (partial occultation by the umbra, duration: 9.2min., extinction: 72%)
18 Sun 16.6 02h Asteroid (5381) Sekhmet approaches closest to the Earth (0.12850AU)
04:50 Moon passes 11°26.7' south of Pluto
18:15 Asteroid Ceres is at the conjunction
19 Mon 17.6 12:19 Moon is at the southernmost (Decl.: -26°30.2')
23:20 Mercury is at the apogee(R.A.: 02h38.5m)
20 Tue 18.6
21 Wed 19.6 01h Asteroid (6489) Golevka approaches closest to the Earth (0.0923AU)
20:12 `Shouman' (Longitude of the sun reaches 60 degrees)
20:49 Moon passes 05°16.6' south of Neptune
22 Thu 20.6 05:07 Moon passes 03°01.9' south of Mars
21:20 Io hides Callisto (annular occultation, 0.7min., duration: 28.0min., extinction: 18%)
22:37 β-Lyr is its minimum brightness
23 Fri 21.6 00:04 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
08:30 Moon passes 04°52.4' south of Uranus
09:31 Last quarter moon
24 Sat 22.6 21:13 Algol is its minimum brightness
25 Sun 23.6
26 Mon 24.6 T-Col is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6-12.7, Period: 226 days)
R-UMa is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.5-13.7, Period: 302 days)
11:51 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere
27 Tue 25.6 02:30 Venus approaches closest to Mercury (02°11.1')
28 Wed 26.6 09:28 Mercury passes 02°21.3' south of Venus
22h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,173km, Dia.: 29'25")
23:19 Uranus is at the western quadrature (Mag: 5.8, Dia.: 03.5")
29 Thu 27.6 11:30 Moon passes 02°27.3' north of Mercury
13:02 Moon passes 00°07.5' north of Venus
14:01 Occultation of Venus (Mag: -3.9) (immersion time at Tokyo, emersion at Tokyo is 15:22)
30 Fri 28.6 20:27 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (03°05.3')
31 Sat 29.6 01:53 Mars approaches closest to γ-Cap (00°06.3')
13:20 New Moon (annular solar eclipse around Iceland, partial solar eclipse around Europe)
21:07 Callisto hides Io (partial occultation, duration: 4.5min., extinction: 25%)

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