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February 2002 |
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| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Fri | 18.6 | |
| 2 | Sat | 19.6 | 05:29 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 12:35 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 21:42 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 3 | Sun | 20.6 | `Setsubun' (the close of winter) |
| 23h Comet 6P/d'Arrest passses perihelion (Period: 6.5 years) | |||
| 4 | Mon | 21.6 | 09:24 `Risshun' (Longitude of the sun reaches 315 degrees) |
| 22:33 Last quarter moon | |||
| 5 | Tue | 22.6 | 18:30 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 6 | Wed | 23.6 | 05:21 Occultation of β-Sco (Mag: 2.9) (immersion time at Sapporo, emersion at Sapporo is 06:04) |
| 7 | Thu | 24.6 | S-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 12.7, Period: 226 days) |
| 01:07 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 09:27 Moon passes 9°09.5' south of Pluto | |||
| 13h Comet 15P/Finlay passses perihelion (Period: 6.8 years) | |||
| 19:21 Venus passes 0°45.1' south of Uranus | |||
| 8 | Fri | 25.6 | U-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.4 - 13.4, Period: 406 days) |
| 00:16 Uranus is closest to Venus (0°42.7') | |||
| 14:37 Asteroid Juno is at opposition in Hya (Mag: 8.3) | |||
| 18:59 Mercury is at apogee (R.A.: 20h00.8m) | |||
| 19:17 Saturn is at apogee (R.A.: 04h26.2m) | |||
| 9 | Sat | 26.6 | 05:02 Delta-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 05:53 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -24°18.4') | |||
| 10 | Sun | 27.6 | 13:48 Moon passes 5°03.7' south of Mercury |
| 22h Mars passes ascending node | |||
| 11 | Mon | 28.6 | National holiday in Japan (`Kenkoku kinen no hi') |
| 00:00 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 01:59 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| 10:03 Moon passes 3°38.6' south of Neptune | |||
| 12 | Tue | 29.6 | `Kyuu Shougatsu' (The New Year's Day in lunar calendar) |
| 16:41 New Moon | |||
| 16:47 Moon passes 3°49.0' south of Uranus | |||
| 22:24 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (2°53.7') | |||
| 13 | Wed | 0.8 | 05:30 Moon passes 3°20.0' south of Venus |
| 14 | Thu | 1.8 | 03h Comet C/1999 F1 (Catalina) passses perihelion |
| 08:20 Uranus is at conjunction (0°44.3' south of Sun, Mag: 5.9, Dia.:03.3") | |||
| 22:52 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 15 | Fri | 2.8 | 07h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,368km, Dia.: 29'24") |
| 16 | Sat | 3.8 | 04:35 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 17:16 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere | |||
| 17 | Sun | 4.8 | 01h Heliocentric latitude of Venus is southernmost |
| 09:03 Moon passes 5°04.3' south of Mars | |||
| 18 | Mon | 5.8 | 21:45 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 19 | Tue | 6.8 | 05:13 `Usui' (Longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees) |
| 20 | Wed | 7.8 | 21:02 First quarter moon |
| 21:48 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°37.4') (Occultation of Vesta in Hokkaido area) | |||
| 23:15 Occulutation of Asteroid Vesta (Mag: 8.0) (immersion time at Sapporo, emersion at Sapporo is 23:37) | |||
| 21 | Thu | 8.8 | 09:25 Moon passes 0°10.6' north of Saturn (Occultation of Saturn in North America) |
| 14:11 Asteroid Ceres is at conjunction | |||
| 22 | Fri | 9.8 | 01:08 Mercury is at western greatest elongation (26°35.3', Mag: 0.1, Dia.: 6.9") |
| 20:38 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23:26 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23 | Sat | 10.8 | 04:08 δ-Lib is at minimum brightness |
| 11:15 Moon passes 0°51.7' north of Jupiter (Occultation of Jupiter in Arctic area) | |||
| 20:47 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +24°25.0') | |||
| 24 | Sun | 11.8 | 02:55 Saturn is at eastern quadrature (Mag: 0.0, Dia.: 18.5", long side of the ring: 41.9", short side of the ring: 18.3") |
| 22:06 Mercury passes 0°29.7' south of Neptune | |||
| 23:29 Neptune is closest to Mercury (0°29.4') | |||
| 25 | Mon | 12.8 | 20:15 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 26 | Tue | 13.8 | 19:31 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 27 | Wed | 14.8 | 09h Saturn is closest to ε-Tau (1°00.0') |
| 18:17 Full Moon | |||
| 28 | Thu | 15.8 | T-Col is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6 - 12.7, Period: 226 days) |
| S-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9 - 13.8, Period: 319 days) | |||
| 05h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.928, 356,896km, Dia.: 33'29") | |||
| 05h Jupiter is closest to μ-Gem (0°59.4') | |||
