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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Fri 2.8 R-Vul is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0-14.3, Period: 137 days)
2 Sat 3.8 10h α-Capricornids meteor shower is at the peak (Jul.10 - Aug.25)
3 Sun 4.8 06:42 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere
4 Mon 5.8 `Kyuu Tanabata' (Tanabata (July 7) in lunar calendar)
00h ι-Aquarids (south) meteor shower is at the peak (Jul.20 - Aug.25)
01:51 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Vesta (02°40.9')
22:54 Neptune is at the opposition (Mag: 7.8, Dia.: 02.3")
(watching from Neptune, the Earth passes on the solar disk)
5 Tue 6.8 W-Cet is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1-14.8, Period: 351 days)
16:28 First quarter moon
21:27 Occultaion of α-Lib (Mag: 2.9) (immersion time at Tokyo)
6 Wed 7.8 23h Moon is at the nearest from the Earth (0.961, 369,432km, Dia.: 32'21")
7 Thu 8.8 R-Aqr is its maximum brightness (Mag: 5.8-12.4, Period: 386 days)
19:28 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
8 Fri 9.8 05:17 Moon passes 11°14.3' south of Pluto
07:24 `Risshuu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 135 degrees)
9 Sat 10.8 15:19 Moon is at the southernmost (Decl.: -26°33.3')
10 Sun 11.8
11 Mon 12.8 22:09 Moon passes 05°01.5' south of Neptune
12 Tue 13.8 13h δ-Aquarids (north) meteor shower is at the peak (Jul.25 - Aug.20)
13:48 Full Moon
13 Wed 14.8 03:56 Algol is its minimum brightness
08h Perseids meteor shower is at the peak (Jul.20 - Aug.20)
08:44 Moon passes 04°30.1' south of Uranus
14 Thu 15.8 02:20 Moon passes 01°53.6' north of Mars
19:03 δ-Lib is its minimum brightness
15 Fri 16.8 05:57 Mercury is at the eastern greatest elongation (27°26.0', Mag: 0.4, Dia.: 07.5")
16 Sat 17.8 00:45 Algol is its minimum brightness
09:18 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere
17 Sun 18.8 11:48 Venus is at the superior conjunction (01°21.9' south of Sun, Mag: -3.9, Dia.: 09.6")
23h Asteroid (2100) Ra-Shalom approaches closest to the Earth (0.17450AU)
18 Mon 19.8 09:50 Comet 100P/Hartley 1 (Period: 6.3 years) passes the perihelion
20:53 Venus approaches closest to Sun (01°18.7')
21:33 Algol is its minimum brightness
19 Tue 20.8 23h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.051, 404,109km, Dia.: 29'34")
20 Wed 21.8 09:48 Last quarter moon
13h Cygnids meteor shower is at the peak (Aug.8 - Aug.25)
20h ι-Aquarids (north) meteor shower is at the peak (Jul.25 - Aug.25)
21 Thu 22.8 14:46 Venus passes 00°33.8' north of Jupiter
19:15 Venus approaches closest to Jupiter (00°31.8')
22 Fri 23.8
23 Sat 24.8 R-Cam is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0-14.4, Period: 270 days)
04:59 Jupiter is at the conjunction (00°52.6' south of Sun, Mag: -1.7, Dia.: 30.8")
13:10 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (03°50.2')
20:44 Moon is at the northernmost (Decl.: +26°39.0')
22:08 `Shosho' (Longitude of the sun reaches 150 degrees)
23:13 Moon passes 04°18.9' north of Saturn
24 Sun 25.8
25 Mon 26.8 02:13 Uranus is at the opposition (Mag: 5.7, Dia.: 03.7")
26 Tue 27.8
27 Wed 28.8 S-CMi is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6-13.2, Period: 333 days)
16:40 Moon passes 04°27.7' north of Jupiter
18:51 Mars approaches closest to the Earth (0.3727192AU, 55758,000km, Mag: -2.9, Dia.: 25.1")
28 Thu 0.4 02:26 New Moon
04:26 Moon passes 03°47.2' north of Venus
09:25 Mercury is at the apogee (R.A.: 11h40.1m)
14:34 Comet 66P/du Toit (Period: 14.7 years) passes the perihelion
29 Fri 1.4 10:14 Moon passes 09°16.4' north of Mercury
14:35 Comet 94P/Russell 4 (Period: 6.6 years) passes the perihelion
30 Sat 2.4 12:38 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere
15:13 Pluto is at the apogee (R.A.: 17h08.1m)
15:28 Occultation of γ-Vir (Mag: 2.9) (immersion time at Tokyo)
31 Sun 3.4 06:12 Mars is at the opposition (Mag: -2.9, Dia.: 25.1")

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