January 1999

January 1999

1999

Day		Moonage	Phenomenon (JST)
1	Fri	13.2	New Year's Day (Ganjitsu): Sunrise(Tokyo 06:50, Osaka 07:05, Fukuoka 07:23)
2	Sat	14.2	07:47 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+19o34'.3)
			11:50 Full Moon
3	Sun	15.2	01:06 Algol is at minimum brightness
			22:05 Earth passses perihelion(0.9832809AU)
4	Mon	16.2	16h Iota-Dra meteor shower is at peak(Jan.1-Jan.5)
5	Tue	17.2	09:57 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (04o28'.0)
			17:26 Venus passes 01o44'.5 south of Neptune
			21:56 Algol is at minimum brightness
			22:32 Occultation of Regulus(Mag:1.3) (time is in Tokyo)
6	Wed	18.2	00:27 Neptune is closest to Venus (01o42'.3)
			04:17 Longitude of the sun reaches 285 degrees
7	Thu	19.2
8	Fri	20.2	18:45 Algol is at minimum brightness
9	Sat	21.2	03:02 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
			23:22 Last quarter moon
10	Sun	22.2	04:57 Moon passes 02o42' north of Mars
11	Mon	23.2	18:02 Mars is most at west(Mag:0.9,Dia.:6".7)
			21h Moon is farthest from the Earth 1.053(404,827km,Moonage 23.6,Dia.:29'.5)
12	Tue	24.2
13	Wed	25.2	08:53 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (04o09'.7)
14	Thu	26.2	03:44 Venus passes 00o56'.0 south of Uranus
			08:47 Uranus is closest to Venus (00o53'.9)
15	Fri	27.2	National Holiday in Japan (Seijin no ni)
			01:58 Saturn is most at east(Mag:0.5,Dia.:18".1,Ring:40".9 x 10".1)
16	Sat	28.2	14:48 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-19o33'.4)
17	Sun	29.2	V-Cas is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.9-13.4, Period 229 days)
			02:12 Moon passes 04o25' north of Mercury
			22:55 Longitude of the sun reaches 297 degrees
18	Mon	0.5	00:46 New Moon
			09:57 Moon passes 01o33' north of Neptune
19	Tue	1.5	04:54 Moon passes 01o35' north of Uranus
			16:48 Moon passes 01o58' north of Venus
20	Wed	2.5	Com meteor shower is at peak(Jan.10-Jan.25)
			21:37 Longitude of the sun reaches 300 degrees
21	Thu	3.5	S-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.4-13.0, Period 307 days)
22	Fri	4.5	08:18 Moon passes 01o48' south of Jupiter
			15:43 Neptune is at conjunction(00o18'.2 north of Sun,Mag:8.0,Dia.:2".2)
23	Sat	5.5	T-Col is at maximum brightness (Mag:6.6-12.7, Period 227 days)
			02:51 Algol is at minimum brightness
			08:46 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
24	Sun	6.5	14:54 Moon passes 02o28' south of Saturn
			16h Comet C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) passses perihelion
25	Mon	7.5	04:15 First quarter moon
			05:57 Beta-Lyr is at minimum brightness
			23:40 Algol is at minimum brightness
26	Tue	8.5	23:00 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (04o55'.7)
27	Wed	9.5	06h Moon is nearest to the Earth 0.961(369,252km,Moonage 9.3,Dia.:32'.4)
			14:24 Occultation of Aldebaran(Mag:1.1) (time is in Tokyo)
			16:49 Mercury passes 02o17'.7 south of Neptune
			23:38 Mercury is closest to Neptune (02o15'.0)
28	Thu	10.5	06h Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell (Period 7.53 years) passses perihelion
			20:30 Algol is at minimum brightness
29	Fri	11.5	17:27 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+19o32'.0)
30	Sat	12.5
31	Sun	13.5	23:04 penumbra lunar eclipse

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory