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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 | Mon | 18.0 | |
| 2 | Tue | 19.0 | |
| 3 | Wed | 20.0 | 00:00 Moon passes 9°55.1' south of Pluto |
| 4 | Thu | 21.0 | 09:31 Occulutaion of λ-Sgr (Mag:2.9) (immersion time at Fukuoka) |
| 17:18 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -24°46.4') | |||
| 5 | Fri | 22.0 | 00:29 Last quarter moon |
| 08:18 `Seimei' (Longitude of the sun reaches 15 degrees) | |||
| 6 | Sat | 23.0 | 01:29 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 7 | Sun | 24.0 | 00:52 Moon passes 4°05.1' south of Neptune |
| 09:00 Mercury is at superior conjunction (1°02.7' south of Sun, Mag: -2.2, Dia.: 5.0") | |||
| 20:40 Mercury is closest to Sun (0°54.1') | |||
| 8 | Mon | 25.0 | R-Lyn is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2 - 14.3, Period: 378 days) |
| 10:14 Moon passes 4°10.4' south of Uranus | |||
| 9 | Tue | 26.0 | 20:31 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 10 | Wed | 27.0 | 06:07 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (3°05.1') |
| 14h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,413km, Dia.: 29'24") | |||
| 11 | Thu | 28.0 | |
| 12 | Fri | 29.0 | 04:47 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 13 | Sat | 0.3 | 01:02 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 04:21 New Moon | |||
| 15:12 Moon passes 4°18.5' south of Mercury | |||
| 14 | Sun | 1.3 | |
| 15 | Mon | 2.3 | 01:55 Moon passes 2°57.9' south of Venus |
| 16 | Tue | 3.3 | 07:57 Moon passes 2°20.4' south of Mars |
| 17 | Wed | 4.3 | 05:08 Moon passes 0°47.3' north of Saturn (Occultation of Saturn around Canada) |
| 13:41 Midspring day (`Doyou') (Longitude of the sun reaches 27 degrees) | |||
| 19:06 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°42.9') (Occulutation of Asteroid Vesta in northern Hokkaido) | |||
| 20:34 Occultation of Asteroid Vesta (Mag:8.4) (immersion time at Wakkanai, emersion at Wakkanai is 20:38) | |||
| 18 | Thu | 5.3 | |
| 19 | Fri | 6.3 | 07:42 Moon passes 1°34.5' north of Jupiter |
| 11:08 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +24o54.6') | |||
| 20 | Sat | 7.3 | RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0 - 10.1, Period: 190 days) |
| 00:36 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness | |||
| 15:20 `Kokuu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 30 degrees) | |||
| 21:48 First quarter moon | |||
| 21 | Sun | 8.3 | RS-Lib is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 13.0, Period: 218 days) |
| 22 | Mon | 9.3 | 19h Lyr meteor shower is at peak (Apr.16 - Apr.25) |
| 23 | Tue | 10.3 | |
| 24 | Wed | 11.3 | |
| 25 | Thu | 12.3 | RR-Sco is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.0 - 12.4, Period 281 days) |
| 19:01 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 26 | Fri | 13.3 | 01h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.937, 360,082km, Dia.: 33'11") |
| 12h Vir meteor shower is at peak (Mar.10 - May 15) | |||
| 27 | Sat | 14.3 | 00:10 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 12:00 Full Moon | |||
| 28 | Sun | 15.3 | T-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.8 - 13.7, Period: 165 days) |
| 02h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at northernmost | |||
| 29 | Moon | 16.3 | National Holiday in Japan (`Midori no hi') |
| 30 | Tue | 17.3 | 09:05 Moon passes 10°08.7' south of Pluto |
| 21h Comet C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR) passses perihelion | |||
