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Mon |
7.2 |
02:16 First quarter moon |
| 2 |
Tue |
8.2 |
00:48 Moon passes 04°03.7' south of Mars |
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23:37 Algol is its minimum brightness |
| 3 |
Wed |
9.2 |
03:18 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
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12:00 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere |
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Thu |
10.2 |
03:28 Venus approaches M22 (globular cluster in Sgr) (00°45.2') |
| 5 |
Fri |
11.2 |
20:26 Algol is its minimum brightness |
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Sat |
12.2 |
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| 7 |
Sun |
13.2 |
02:10 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
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21h Moon is at the farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,278km, Dia.: 29'25") |
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21:06 Asteroid Juno is at the conjunction |
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22:05 `Taisetsu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees) |
| 8 |
Mon |
14.2 |
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| 9 |
Tue |
15.2 |
05:37 Full Moon |
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11:55 Comet 123P/West-Hartley (Period: 7.6 years) passes the perihelion |
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15:11 Mercury is at the eastern greatest elongation (20°56.5', Mag: -0.4, Dia.: 06.7") |
| 10 |
Wed |
16.2 |
S-Vir is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.3-13.2, Period: 375 days) |
| 11 |
Thu |
17.2 |
00:59 Moon is at the northernmost (Decl.: +27°03.5') |
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01:03 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
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07:13 Moon passes 04°45.9' north of Saturn |
| 12 |
Fri |
18.2 |
09:34 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Ceres (01°08.0') |
| 13 |
Sat |
19.2 |
R-Gem is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0-14.0, Period: 370 days) |
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S-Scl is its maximum brightness (Mag: 5.5-13.6, Period: 363 days) |
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05:00 Jupiter is at the western quadrature (Mag: -2.1, Dia.: 37.4") |
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05:53 Pluto is at the conjunction (08°39.9', Mag: 13.9, Dia.: 00.1" north of Sun) |
| 14 |
Sun |
20.2 |
23:55 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
| 15 |
Mon |
21.2 |
R-Vul is its maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0-14.3, Period: 137 days) |
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01:35 Occultation of η-Leo (Mag: 3.6) (immersion time at Tokyo) |
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03h Geminids meteor shower is at the peak (Dec.5 - Dec.20) |
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Tue |
22.2 |
13:11 Moon passes 03°48.9' north of Jupiter |
| 17 |
Wed |
23.2 |
02:42 Last quarter moon |
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21:39 Mercury is at the apogee (R.A.: 18h54.8m) |
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Thu |
24.2 |
02:56 Moon passes the equator, to the southern hemisphere |
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05:28 Occultation of γ-Vir (Mag: 2.9) (immersion time at Tokyo) |
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22:48 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
| 19 |
Fri |
25.2 |
19:10 Asteroid Ceres (Mag: 7.2) approaches to Pollux (15.7') |
| 20 |
Sat |
26.2 |
04:31 Algol is its minimum brightness |
| 21 |
Sun |
27.2 |
R-Vir is its maximum brightness (Mag: 6.1-12.1, Period: 146 days) |
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06h Asteroid (3362) Khufu approaches to the closest to the Earth (0.19460AU) |
| 22 |
Mon |
28.2 |
R-And is its maximum brightness (Mag: 5.8-14.9, Period: 409 days) |
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16:04 `Touji' (Winter Solstice, Longitude of the sun reaches 270 degrees) |
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21h Moon is at the nearest from the Earth (0.932, 358,332km, Dia.: 33'21") |
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21:40 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
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Tue |
29.2 |
Imperial Birthday |
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01:20 Algol is its minimum brightness |
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02:34 Moon passes 11°19.9' south of Pluto |
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12h β-Ursids meteor shower is at the peak (Dec.18 - Dec.24) |
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18:43 New Moon |
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19:01 Moon approaches closest to Asteroid Vesta (04°28.5') |
| 24 |
Wed |
0.7 |
R-Ser is its maximum brightness (Mag: 5.1-14.4, Period: 356 days) |
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05:15 Moon is at the southernmost (Decl.: -27°02.6') |
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06:32 Moon passes 05°17.4' south of Mercury |
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18:04 Asteroid Vesta is at the conjunction |
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22:09 Sun approaches closest to Asteroid Vesta (01°00.5') |
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Thu |
1.7 |
Christmas |
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22:09 Algol is its minimum brightness |
| 26 |
Fri |
2.7 |
00:50 Moon passes 03°14.5' south of Venus |
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04:35 Pluto approaches closest to Asteroid Juno (01°26.1') |
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09:52 Moon passes 05°15.6' south of Neptune |
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20:33 λ-Tau is its minimum brightness |
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Sat |
3.7 |
07:39 Mercury approaches closest to Sun (02°19.2') |
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09:20 Mercury is at the inferior conjunction (02°19.6' south of Sun, Mag: 4.9, Dia.: 10.0") |
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17:04 Moon passes 04°39.1' south of Uranus |
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23:15 Mercury approaches closest to Asteroid Vesta (01°33.6') |
| 28 |
Sun |
4.7 |
03:54 Mars is at the eastern quadrature (Mag: 0.1, Dia.: 08.7") |
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18:59 Algol is its minimum brightness |
| 29 |
Mon |
5.7 |
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| 30 |
Tue |
6.7 |
06:03 Comet 2P/Encke (Period: 3.3 years) passes the perihelion |
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15:50 Moon passes 03°49.7' south of Mars |
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15:52 Venus passes 01°52.9' south of Neptune |
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18:19 Moon passes the equator, to the northern hemisphere |
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19:03 First quarter moon |
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Wed |
7.7 |
02:26 Neptune approaches closest to Venus (01°48.4') |
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