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Av 5759
Jul - Aug 1999

July 1999 / Av 5759

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      14/1 15/2 16/3 17/4
18/5 19/6 20/7 21/8 22/9 23/10 24/11
25/12 26/13 27/14 28/15 29/16 30/17 31/18

August 1999 / Av 5759

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1/19 2/20 3/21 4/22 5/23 6/24 7/25
8/26 9/27 10/28 11/29 12/30    

New Moon - 1 Av - July 14, 1999
July 16-21, 1994 - Anniversary of the comet Shoemaker-Levy bombardment of the planet Jupiter.  In 1994, the beginning of this event occurred on 9 Av.
Fast of Tisha B'Av - 9 Av - July 22, 1999
(Fast to commemorate destruction of 1st and 2nd Temple)
"Jewish tradition states that 'the Messiah will appear on Tisha B'Av, and the day of mourning will become a national day of rejoicing with the rebuilt Temple" (Ready to Rebuild, Thomas Ice and Randall Price; p 213).
Jul 28 - Partial Lunar Eclipse; Moon Occults Neptune
Jul 29 - Moon Occults Uranus
Jul 31 - Lunar Prospector is set for collision with the Moon on this date. 
Aug 10 - Moon Occults Mercury
Aug 11 - Solar Eclipse (Visible from Europe)
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak

Babylonian name of the fifth ecclesiastical and the eleventh civil month of the Jewish year. It was introduced after the Babylonian captivity, and is not mentioned in Scripture, in which it is known as the fifth month (Numbers 33:38), i.e., July-August. (Holman Bible Dictionary)

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