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| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Fri | 16.8 | R-Cam is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.4, Period: 270 days) |
| 21:23 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 23:43 Jupiter is at apogee (R.A.: 06h24.5m) | |||
| 2 | Sat | 17.8 | 03:42 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 3 | Sun | 18.8 | |
| 4 | Mon | 19.8 | |
| 5 | Tue | 20.8 | |
| 6 | Wed | 21.8 | 03:28 `Keichitsu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 345 degrees) |
| 10:25 Last quarter moon | |||
| 16:08 Moon passes 9°32.4' south of Pluto | |||
| 7 | Thu | 22.8 | 11:52 Pluto is at western quadrature (Mag: 13.8, Dia.: 0.1"4) |
| 8 | Fri | 23.8 | 10:51 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -24°30.5') |
| 9 | Sat | 24.8 | 03:15 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 11:50 Mercury passes 1°12.7' south of Uranus | |||
| 17:49 Uranus is closest to Mercury (1°09.6') | |||
| 10 | Sun | 25.8 | 17:35 Moon passes 3°49.4' south of Neptune |
| 11 | Mon | 26.8 | T-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7 - 13.5, Period: 299 days) |
| 12 | Tue | 27.8 | 01:45 Moon passes 3°57.0' south of Uranus |
| 10:12 Moon passes 2°42.8' south of Mercury | |||
| 13 | Wed | 28.8 | V-Mon is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0 - 13.9, Period: 341 days) |
| Declination of Jupiter is at northernmost (+23°27'24") | |||
| 02:32 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (2°49.8') | |||
| 14 | Thu | 0.0 | R-Boo is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.2 - 12.1, Period: 223 days) |
| 10h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.058, 406,712km, Dia.: 29'23") | |||
| 11:03 New Moon | |||
| 15 | Fri | 1.0 | 15:27 Moon passes 4°01.8' south of Venus |
| 22:45 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere | |||
| 16 | Sat | 2.0 | 02:48 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 17 | Sun | 3.0 | 22:00 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 18 | Mon | 4.0 | `Higan no iri' (beginning of the equinoctial week) |
| V-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9 - 12.6, Period: 358 days) | |||
| χ-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 3.3 - 14.2, Period: 408 days) | |||
| 09:37 Moon passes 3°57.3' south of Mars | |||
| 19 | Tue | 5.0 | |
| 20 | Wed | 6.0 | 01:03 Saturn is closest to Asteroid Vesta (Mag: 8.2) in constellation Tau (0°01.8') |
| 18:48 Moon passes 0°27.4' north of Saturn | |||
| 18:49 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 18:57 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°28.1') (Occultation of Vesta in East Japan and the north) | |||
| 19:46 Occultation of Saturn (Mag:0.1) (immersion time at Tokyo, emersion at Tokyo is 20:04) | |||
| 19:47 Occultation of Asteroid Vesta (Mag:8.3) (immersion time at Sapporo, emersion at Sapporo is 20:49) | |||
| 21 | Thu | 7.0 | National Holiday in Japan (`Syunbun no hi') |
| 04:16 `Shunbun' (Vernal Equinox, Longitude of the sun reaches 0 degrees) | |||
| 15:13 Pluto is at apogee (R.A.: 17h10.0m) | |||
| 22 | Fri | 8.0 | 11:28 First quarter moon |
| 20:32 Moon passes 17°08.1' north of Jupiter (Occultation of Jupiter in Greenland) | |||
| 23 | Sat | 9.0 | 02:22 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 04:52 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +24°40.2') | |||
| 07h Comet 89P/Russell 2 passses perihelion (Period: 7.4 years) | |||
| 24 | Sun | 10.0 | |
| 25 | Mon | 11.0 | 04h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at southernmost |
| 26 | Tue | 12.0 | |
| 27 | Wed | 13.0 | R-Aql is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.5 - 12.0, Period: 284 days) |
| 28 | Thu | 14.0 | 16h Comet C/2001 C1 (LINEAR) passses perihelion |
| 17h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.929, 357,015km, Dia.: 33'28") | |||
| 29 | Fri | 15.0 | 03:25 Full Moon |
| 08:10 Jupiter is eastern quadrature (Mag: -2.2, Dia.: 38.4") | |||
| 08:14 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 30 | Sat | 16.0 | V-Cas is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9 - 13.4, Period: 229 days) |
| 01:55 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 31 | Sun | 17.0 | |
