Day |
Moonage |
Phenomenon (JST) |
1 |
Moon |
6.4 |
New Year's Day (Ganjitsu)(Sunrise:Sapporo07:06,Tokyo06:51,Osaka07:05,Fukuoka07:23) |
2 |
Tue |
7.4 |
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3 |
Wed |
8.4 |
07:01 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
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07:32 First quarter moon |
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19:06 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
4 |
Thu |
9.4 |
00h Asteroid 4688 1980WF is closest to Earth(0.1701AU) |
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04h Iota-Dra meteor shower is at peak(Jan.1-Jan.5) |
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17:37 Earth passses perihelion(0.9832860AU) |
5 |
Fri |
10.4 |
15:49 Longitude of the sun reaches 285 degrees |
6 |
Sat |
11.4 |
01:54 Algol is at minimum brightness |
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10:18 Moon passes 02o02'.8 south of Saturn |
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20:53 47P/Ashbrook Comet Jackson passses perihelion(Period 7.5 years) |
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22:45 Moon passes 02o59'.1 south of Jupiter |
7 |
Sun |
12.4 |
05:39 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness |
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08:37 41P/Tuttle Giacobini Comet Kresak passses perihelion(Period 5.4 years) |
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17:59 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
8 |
Moon |
13.4 |
National Holiday in Japan (Seijin no ni) |
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UMaU is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 331 days,7.1-13.0) |
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22:43 Algol is at minimum brightness |
9 |
Tue |
14.4 |
UMiU is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 331 days,7.1-13.0) |
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07h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south |
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17:52 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+22o34'.3) |
10 |
Wed |
15.4 |
04:20 Occultation of Delta-Gem(Mag:3.5) (time of Tokyo) |
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05:21 Total lunar eclipse |
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05:24 Full Moon |
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18h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.929,357,135km,Dia.:33'28") |
11 |
Thu |
16.4 |
19:32 Algol is at minimum brightness |
12 |
Fri |
17.4 |
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13 |
Sat |
18.4 |
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14 |
Sun |
19.4 |
02:06 Mercury passes 02o13'.3 south of Neptune |
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05:12 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness |
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11:15 Neptune is closest to Mercury (02o08'.1) |
15 |
Moon |
20.4 |
14:22 Venus is closest to Juno (01o49'.8) |
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20:23 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere |
16 |
Tue |
21.4 |
00:09 74P/Smirnova Comet Chernykh passses perihelion(Period 8.5 years) |
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21:35 Last quarter moon |
17 |
Wed |
22.4 |
10:33 Longitude of the sun reaches 297 degrees |
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15:09 Venus is at eastern greatest elongation(47o05'.6,Mag:-4.4,Dia.:24".3) |
18 |
Thu |
23.4 |
05:14 Moon passes 03o38'.0 north of Mars |
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23:58 Mars(Mag:1.2)is closest to Alpha-Lib2(Mag:2.8)(00o51'.7) |
19 |
Fri |
24.4 |
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20 |
Sat |
25.4 |
R-Ser is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 356 days, 5.1-14.4) |
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09:16 Longitude of the sun reaches 300 degrees |
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18:29 Moon passes 07o43'.5 south of Pluto |
21 |
Sun |
26.4 |
04:45 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness |
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13:06 Occultation of Moon is closest to Asteroid ceres (00o41'.4) |
22 |
Moon |
27.4 |
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23 |
Tue |
28.4 |
00:47 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-22o34'.2) |
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02:28 Mercury passes 00o23'.8 south of Uranus |
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05:17 Uranus is closest to Mercury (00o21'.6) |
24 |
Wed |
29.4 |
22:07 New Moon |
25 |
Thu |
0.6 |
00:18 Moon passes 02o53'.9 south of Neptune |
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03:15 Algol is at minimum brightness |
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04h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.058,406,562km,Dia.:29'24") |
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23:41 Jupiter is at apogee(R.A.:03h56.8m) |
26 |
Fri |
1.6 |
00:41 Saturn is at apogee(R.A.:03h28.9m) |
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03:48 Moon passes 02o22'.1 south of Uranus |
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11:53 Neptune is at conjunction(00o10'.2,Mag:8.0,Dia.:2".2 north of Sun) |
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12:12 Moon passes 02o59'.1 south of Mercury |
27 |
Sat |
2.6 |
19:12 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (Occultation of Vesta in 00o44'.0) |
28 |
Sun |
3.6 |
02:21 73P/Schwassmann Comet Wachmann3 passses perihelion(Period 5.4 years) |
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04:19 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness |
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15:40 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (01o52'.0) |
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22:38 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation(18o25'.9,Mag:-0.5,Dia.:7".0) |
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23:21 Moon passes 06o23'.4 south of Venus |
29 |
Moon |
4.6 |
00:28 Algol is at minimum brightness |
30 |
Tue |
5.6 |
13:23 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
31 |
Wed |
6.6 |
21:17 Algol is at minimum brightness |