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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Mon 20.1
2 Tue 21.1 00:13 Algol is at minimum brightness
10:06 `Hangesho' (Longitude of the sun reaches 100 degrees)
17h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.052, 404,213km, Dia.: 29'34")
20:20 Mercury passes 0°13.5' south of Saturn
21:04 Saturn is closest to Mercury (0°13.2')
3 Wed 22.1 02:19 Last quarter moon
03:25 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
14:32 Mars passes 0°49.1' north of Jupiter
22:18 Jupiter is closest to Mars (0°48.4')
4 Thu 23.1
5 Fri 24.1 19:56 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
6 Sat 25.1 12:55 Earth passses aphelion (1.0166882AU)
7 Sun 26.1 `Tanabata'
X-Oph is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.9 - 9.2, Period: 329 days)
15:56 `Shousho' (Longitude of the sun reaches 105 degrees)
8 Mon 27.1 21:35 Mon passes 1°41.0' north of Saturn
9 Tue 28.1 18:09 Moon passes 1°31.0' north of Mercury
10 Wed 29.1 07:05 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°02.5')
19:26 New Moon
11 Thu 0.7 06:53 Moon passes 2°52.9' north of Jupiter
06:55 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°57.5')
12:35 Moon passes 2°18.2' north of Mars
12 Fri 1.7 13:20 Jupiter is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°54.5')
19:31 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
13 Sat 2.7 21:15 Moon passes 3°53.8' north of Venus
14 Sun 3.7 11:50 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (4°01.6')
22h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.957, 367,846km, Dia.: 32'29")
15 Mon 4.7 04:04 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness
16 Tue 5.7 S-Ser is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.1, Period: 372 days)
15:09 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
17 Wed 6.7 R-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.8 - 12.4, Period: 386 days)
13:47 First quarter moon
18 Thu 7.7
19 Fri 8.7 02:55 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness
19:06 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness
20 Sat 9.7 National holiday in Japan (`Umi no hi')
05:48 Midsummer day (`Doyou', dog days) (Longitude of the sun reaches 117 degrees)
12:21 Jupiter is at conjunction (0°19.2' north of Sun, Mag: -1.8, Dia.: 31.4")
22:20 Mercury passes 1°14.9' north of Jupiter
21 Sun 10.7 00:46 Jupiter is closest to Mercury (1°13.9')
04:20 Mercury is at superior conjunction (1°35.3' north of Sun, Mag: -2.1, Dia.: 05.0")
07:46 Moon passes 9°56.0' south of Pluto
08:45 Mercury is closest to Sun (1°34.4')
22 Mon 11.7 01:53 Algol is at minimum brightness
03:16 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°13.4')
18:39 Occultation of λ-Sgr (Mag: 2.9) (immersion time at Tokyo, emersion at Tokyo is 19:02)
23 Tue 12.7 &ommicron;-Cet (Mira) is at maximum brightness (Mag: 2.3 - 10.1, Period: 332 days)
04:06 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°03.3')
06:16 Venus is closest to Juno (0°33.7')
09:15 `Taisho' (Longitude of the sun reaches 120 degrees)
14:46 Sun is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°25.9')
24 Wed 13.7 08:16 Asteroid Vesta is at conjunction
18:07 Full Moon
22:42 Algol is at minimum brightness
25 Thu 14.7 01h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at northernmost
08:00 Moon passes 4°15.0' south of Neptune
12h Saturn is closest to M1 (Crab Nebula) (0°01.7')
21:25 Mercury passes 0°39.8' north of Mars
26 Fri 15.7 00:13 Mars is closest to Mercury (0°38.6')
17:54 Moon passes 4°17.2' south of Uranus
27 Sat 16.7 10h Comet 124P/Mrkos passses perihelion (Period: 5.7 years)
28 Sun 17.7 R-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.5 - 13.7, Period: 302 days)
29 Mon 18.7 22h δ-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak (Jul.15 - Aug.15)
30 Tue 19.7 10:33 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
11h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.053, 404,737km, Dia.: 29'31")
31 Wed 20.7 14h Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte passses perihelion (Period: 6.4 years) (Mag: 8?)

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