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| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Sun | 23.3 | `Nihyaku-To ka' (210th day from Risshun, Feb.4) |
| 03h Venus is closest to Spica (α Vir) (0°48.2') | |||
| 19:24 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (27°12.7', Mag: 0.3, Dia.: 7.2") | |||
| 2 | Mon | 24.3 | S-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2 - 13.3, Period: 257 days) |
| 02:00 Moon passes 2°29.7' north of Saturn | |||
| 3 | Tue | 25.3 | 01:00 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°17.0') |
| 02:02 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 4 | Wed | 26.3 | 22:15 Moon passes 3°43.0' north of Jupiter |
| 5 | Thu | 27.3 | 01h Jupiter (Mag: -1.8) is closest to M44 (Praesepe, open cluster in constellation Cancer) (1°10') |
| 02h Comet 77P/Longmore passses perihelion (Period: 6.8 years) | |||
| 21:12 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (2°12.5') | |||
| 22:50 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 6 | Fri | 28.3 | 03:09 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness |
| 14:16 Pluto is at eastern quadrature (Mag: 13.8, Dia.: 0.1"4) | |||
| 18:50 Moon passes 4°04.4' north of Mars | |||
| 7 | Sat | 29.3 | 12:10 New Moon |
| 8 | Sun | 1.0 | 04:31 `Hakuro' (Longitude of the sun reaches 165 degrees) |
| 12h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.933, 358,751km, Dia.: 33'19") | |||
| 14:29 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (2°01.3') | |||
| 19:39 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 9 | Mon | 2.0 | 01:45 Mon passes 8°36.7' north of Mercury |
| 05:18 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 10 | Tue | 3.0 | 10:46 Moon passes 7°57.2' north of Venus |
| 19h Comet 18P/Perrine-Mrkos passses perihelion (Period: 6.7 years) | |||
| 11 | Wed | 4.0 | |
| 12 | Thu | 5.0 | |
| 13 | Fri | 6.0 | 18:41 Moon passes 9°58.7' south of Pluto |
| 14 | Sat | 7.0 | 03:08 First quarter moon |
| 22:48 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.: 12h42.5m) | |||
| 15 | Sun | 8.0 | National holiday in Japan (`Keiro no hi') |
| 14:31 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°22.8') | |||
| 18:05 Occultation of σ-Sgr (Mag: 2.1) (immersion time at Tokyo, emersion at Tokyo is 19:27) | |||
| 16 | Mon | 9.0 | National holiday in Japan |
| 17 | Tue | 10.0 | 18:03 Moon passes 4°19.5' south of Neptune |
| 18 | Wed | 11.0 | Z-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 14.7, Period: 263 days) |
| 19 | Thu | 12.0 | 01:42 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness |
| 03:04 Moon passes 4°14.9' south of Uranus | |||
| 20 | Fri | 13.0 | `Higan no iri' (beginning of the equinoctial week) |
| 21 | Sat | 14.0 | `Chuushuu no Meigetsu' |
| S-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 12.7, Period: 226 days) | |||
| 10h Mars passses aphelion (1.66614AU) | |||
| 22:59 Full Moon | |||
| 22 | Sun | 15.0 | 01:03 Saturn is at western quadrature (Mag: 0.0, Dia.: 18.4", long side of the ring: 41.7", short side of the ring: 18.5") |
| 22:49 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere | |||
| 23 | Mon | 16.0 | National holiday in Japan (`Syuubun no hi') |
| 03:41 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 10h Comet 92P/Sanguin passses perihelion (Period: 12.4 years) | |||
| 12h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,353km, Dia.: 29'24") | |||
| 13:55 `Shuubun' (Autumnal Equinox, Longitude of the sun reaches 180 degrees) | |||
| 24 | Tue | 17.0 | |
| 25 | Wed | 18.0 | |
| 26 | Thu | 19.0 | R-Com is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 14.6, Period: 363 days) |
| 00:30 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 19:40 Venus is brightest (Mag: -4.6, Dia.: 39.7") | |||
| 27 | Fri | 20.0 | 13:48 Mercury is at inferior conjunction (3°00.7' south of Sun, Mag: 5.0, Dia.: 10.3") |
| 28 | Sat | 21.0 | S-CMi is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6 - 13.2, Period: 333 days) |
| 07:40 Mercury is closest to Sun (2°34.6') | |||
| 21:19 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 29 | Sun | 22.0 | 12:03 Moon passes 2°53.1' north of Saturn |
| 18h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is at southernmost | |||
| 30 | Mon | 23.0 | 02:03 Last quarter moon |
| 09:01 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°31.9') | |||
