December 1995

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Mon 10.0 New Year's Day (Ganjitsu)
09:32 Mercury passes 0.9 degrees south of uranus
16:10 Mercury closest with uranus (0.8 degrees)
16:19 Mars passes 1.6 degrees south of neptune
R-Vir is at maximum brightness (Period 146 days, Mag:6.1-12.1)
2 Tue 11.0 01:18 Neptune closest with Mars (1.5 degrees)
20:-- 7P/Pons-Winnecke passes perihelion (Period 6.38 years)
R-UMa is at maximum brightness (Period 302 days, Mag:6.5-13.7)
3 Wed 12.0 01:45 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (19.5 degrees, mag:-0.5)
02:20 Occultation of Delta-Tau (time at Tokyo)
03:07 Occultation of 64-Tau (time at Tokyo)
03:51 Occultation of 68-Tau (time at Fukuoka)
17:34 Algol is at minimum brightness
4 Thu 13.0 12:21 Moon is at north most of the year (Decl:+18.9)
16:33 Earth passes perihelion (0.9832228AU)
22:-- Iota-Dra meteors peak (Span:Last of Dec. - Jan.7)
5 Fri 14.0 21:-- Moon is at apogee (406,532km)
6 Sat 15.0 05:51 Full Moon
10:31 Longitude of the sun reaches 285 degrees
7 Sun 16.0 06:18 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
8 Mon 17.0 08:42 Mars passes 0.6 degrees south of uranus
12:36 Uranus closest with Mars (0.5 degrees)
9 Tue 18.0 21:25 Mercury is at stationary (R.A. 20h29.5m)
21:34 Occultation of Pi-Leo (time at Naha)
R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Period 137 days, Mag:7.0-14.3)
10 Wed 19.0 T-Her is at maximum brightness (Period 165 days, Mag:6.8-13.7)
12 Fri 21.0 00:50 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
13 Sat 22.0 09:22 Mercury passes 2.8 degrees north of Mars
10:05 Mars closest with Mercury (2.8 degrees)
14 Sun 23.0 05:45 Last quarter moon
05:51 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
15 Mon 24.0 National Holiday in Japan (Seijin No Hi)
06:27 Occultation of Lambda-Vir (time at Fukuoka)
R-Lyn is at maximum brightness (Period 379 days, Mag:7.2-14.3)
16 Tue 25.0 09:43 Neptune is at conjunction (0.5 degrees north of the Sun)
19:01 Moon closest with asteroid Ceres (3.1 degrees)
23:33 Mercury passes 3.3 degrees north of Uranus
RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Period 190 days, Mag:6.0-13.1)
17 Wed 26.0 00:24 Uranus closest with Uranus (3.3 degrees)
02:25 Merucry closest with asteorid Juno (4.4 degrees)
05:26 Moon passes 9.7 degrees south of Pluto
18 Thu 27.0 01:-- 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is at perihelion (Period 6.59 years)
01:40 Algol is at minimum brightness
05:11 Longitude of the sun reaches 297 degrees
14:36 Moon is at south most of the year (Decl:-18.8 degrees)
19 Fri 28.0 00:08 Mercury is at inferior conjunction (3.2 degrees north of the sun)
04:12 Mercury is closest with the Sun (3.1 degrees)
04:46 Moon passes 4.5 degrees north of Jupiter
RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Period 408 days, Mag:3.3-14.2)
20 Sat 29.0 08:-- Moon is at perigee (357,255km)
16:21 Moon passes 4.6 degrees north of Neptune
16:49 Moon passes 1.6 degrees north of Mercury
21:50 New Moon
22:02 Mercury passes 2.9 degrees north of Neptune
22:29 Algol is at minimum brightness
21 Sun 0.6 00:54 Moon passes 5.6 degrees north of Uranus
03:17 Moon is closest with asteorid Juno (2.0 degrees)
03:52 Longitude of the sun reaches 300 degrees
04:07 Neptune is closest with Mercury (2.9 degrees)
05:25 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
16:44 Moon passes 6.0 degrees north of Mars
19:18 Uranus is at conjunction (0.5 degrees south of the sun)
22 Mon 1.6 21:-- Heliocentric latitude of mercury is north most
23 Tue 2.6 17:26 Moon passes 4.9 degrees north of venus
19:18 Algol is at minimum brightness
21:03 Asteroid Juno is at conjunction
24 Wed 3.6 12:47 Moon passes 4.8 degrees north of Saturn
15:55 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
25 Thu 4.6 21:-- Heliocentric latitude of mercury is south most
27 Sat 6.6 20:14 First quarter moon
28 Sun 7.6 04:58 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
29 Mon 8.6 T-Cep is at maximum brightness (Period 388 days, Mag:5.2-11.3)
30 Tue 9.6 15:01 Mercury is at stationary (R.A. 19h21.1m)
R-And is at maximum brightness (Period 409 days, Mag:5.8-14.9)
R-Ari is at maximum brightness (Period 187 days, Mag:7.4-13.7)
31 Wed 10.6 19:51 Moon is at north most (decl:18.8 degrees)
U-Cet is at maximum brightness (Period 235 days, Mag:6.8-13.4)

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