August 1998

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October 1998


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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Tue 10.0 Nihyaku-toka
2 Wed 11.0 01:16 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-18o57'.2)
23:06 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
3 Thu 12.0 U-Ari is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 371 days, 7.5-15.5)
18:27 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness
18:51 Moon passes 02o27'.5 north of Neptune
4 Fri 13.0 12:22 Moon passes 02o41'.4 north of Uranus
22:00 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
5 Sat 14.0 R-LMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 372 days, 6.3-13.2)
6 Sun 15.0 20:21 Full Moon(Penumbra lunar eclipse)
7 Mon 16.0 13:13 Mon passes 00o31'.1 south of Jupiter(Occultation in South America)
15:08 Moon is closest to Asteroid Pallas (03o27'.3)
8 Tue 17.0 05:16 Longitude of the sun reaches 165 degrees
10:22 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
15h Moon is nearest to the Earth (361,369km,Dia.:33'04".4)
9 Wed 18.0 U-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 463 days, 5.9-12.1)
10 Thu 19.0 R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 166 days, 7.2-14.3)
03:10 Moon passes 02o02'.5 south of Saturn
11 Fri 20.0 RS-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 354 days, 7.0-14.6)
09:03 Mercury passes 00o21'.3 north of Venus
13:07 Venus is closest to Mercury (00o20'.6)
12 Sat 21.0 R-CMi is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 338 days, 7.2-11.6)
(Occultation of Ceres in Canada)
13 Sun 22.0 10:58 Last quarter moon
14 Mon 23.0 17:27 Mon is at north most(Decl.:+18o58'.6)
15 Tue 24.0 National holiday in Japan (Keiro no hi)
R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 137 days, 7.0-14.3)
16 Wed 25.0 02h Jupiter is nearest to the Earth(3.96289AU, 593,000,000km)
02:08 Algol is at minimum brightness
10:31 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (02o28'.5)
13h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
13:11 Asteroid Pallas is at opposition(Mag:8.2)
14h Earth passes in front of Sun in Pallas
17 Thu 26.0 R-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 269 days, 6.7-12.8)
02:36 Jupiter is at opposition(Mag:-2.9,Dia.:49".7)
20:32 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
21:29 Moon passes 02o29'.9 south of Mars
18 Fri 27.0 22:57 Algol is at minimum brightness
19 Sat 28.0
20 Sun 29.0 Higan no iri
03:20 Moon passes 00o04'.6 south of Venus(Occultation in South America)
15:35 Moon passes 00o07'.9 north of Mercury(Occultation in Southeast Asia)
21 Mon 0.4 R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 378 days, 6.9-13.8)
02:01 New Moon
19:46 Algol is at minimum brightness
21:05 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
22 Tue 1.4 22:38 Jupiter is closest to Asteroid Pallas (01o03'.1)
23 Wed 2.4 National holiday in Japan (Syubun no hi)
03:57 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (02o23'.7)
14:37 Longitude of the sun reaches 180 degrees
24 Thu 3.4 RS-Lib is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 217 days, 7.0-13.0)
07h Moon is farthest from the Earth (406,173km,Dia.:29'25".2)
25 Fri 4.4 10:22 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(01o36'.2,Mag:-1.6,Dia.:4".8 north of Sun)
26 Sat 5.4 08:48 Mercury is closest to Sun (01o24'.3)
21:50 Moon passes 06o34'.9 south of Pluto
27 Sun 6.4 14h Comet 88P/Howell passses perihelion(Period 5.6 years)
28 Mon 7.4 S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 360 days, 5.8-14.1)
X-Oph is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 328 days, 5.9-9.2)
29 Tue 8.4 06:11 First quarter moon
16h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is most at north
09:40 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-19o03'.1)
30 Wed 9.4 19:04 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness

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