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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Sat 19.7
2 Sun 20.7 03:13 Moon passes 4°28.8' south of Uranus
3 Mon 21.7 09:05 Last quarter moon
16:24 Uranus is at apogee (R.A.: 22h05.0m)
4 Tue 22.7 03:05 Venus passes 1°38.8' north of Jupiter
07:34 Venus (Mag: -4.0) is closest to Jupiter (Mag: -1.9) (1°38.2')
22h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.052, 404,528km, Dia.: 29'32")
5 Wed 23.7 09:55 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (4°48.6')
19:38 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
6 Thu 24.7 05:45 `Boushu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 75 degrees)
19h Pluto is nearest to the Earth (29.50636AU, 4,414 million km)
7 Fri 25.7 21:36 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
8 Sat 26.7 13:39 Pluto is at Opposition in constellation Oph (Mag: 13.8, Dia.: 0.1"4)
19:46 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.: 04h00.4m)
20h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is northernmost
9 Sun 27.7 01:43 Algol is at minimum brightness
23:09 Moon passes 2°42.6' north of Mercury
23:36 Saturn is at conjunction (1°17.6' south of Sun, Mag: 0.0, Dia.: 16.4", long side of the ring: 37.2", short side of the ring 16.8")
10 Mon 28.7
11 Tue 0.1 U-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.8 - 13.4, Period: 235 days)
06:42 Partial Solar Eclipse (begging time of eclipse at Tokyo, maximum of eclipse is 07:41 (magnitude of eclipse: 0.455), end of eclipse at Tokyo is 08:45)
(Occultation of Annular Solar Eclipse in Pacific Ocean)
06:39 Moon passes 1°22.5' north of Saturn
08:47 New Moon
11:09 Nyubai (Longitude of the sun reaches 80 degrees)
12 Wed 1.1 20:52 Moon passes 0°56.5' north of Mars (Occultation of Mars around Arctic area)
23:15 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°03.3')
13 Thu 2.1 01:20 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°34.9')
12:50 Moon passes 2°28.5' north of Jupiter
14 Fri 3.1 06:08 Moon passes 1°29.6' north of Venus
21:11 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
15 Sat 4.1 R-CVn is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.5 - 12.9, Period: 329 days)
16 Sun 5.1 R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.3, Period: 137 days)
13:49 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (4°57.3')
17 Mon 6.1
18 Tue 7.1 09:29 First quarter moon
19 Wed 8.1 10:09 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
16h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.961, 369,312km, Dia.: 32'21")
20 Thu 9.1
21 Fri 10.1 03h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at southernmost
20:45 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
22:24 `Geshi' (Summer Solstice, Longitude of the sun reaches 90 degrees)
23:30 Mercury is at western greatest elongation (22°43.8', Mag: 0.5, Dia.: 8.1")
22 Sat 11.1 15h Asteroid 5604 (1992 FE) is closest to the Earth (0.0768AU)
23 Sun 12.1 09h Comet 90P/Gehrels 1 passses perihelion (Period: 14.8 years)
24 Mon 13.1 01:50 Moon passes 10°03.0' south of Pluto
11:11 Mars is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°13.8')
25 Tue 14.1 06:42 Full Moon (Penumbra Lunar Eclipse around Okinawa area)
20:50 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°02.8')
26 Wed 15.1
27 Thu 16.1
28 Fri 17.1 01:04 Moon passes 4°21.1' south of Neptune
20:21 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
29 Sat 18.1 03:24 Algol is at minimum brightness
11:11 Moon passes 4°25.4' south of Uranus
30 Sun 19.1 U-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.9 - 12.1, Period: 463 days)
03h Asteroid Adonis (2101) is closest to the Earth (0.161AU)

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