|
August 2002 |
|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu | 21.7 | 02h Neptune is nearest to the Earth (29.07346AU, 4,348 million km) |
| 19:22 Last quarter moon | |||
| 2 | Fri | 22.7 | 04h α-Cap meteor shower is at peak (Jul.15 - Aug.25) |
| 09:28 Neptune is at opposition in constellation Cap (Mag: 7.8, Dia.: 2.3") | |||
| (watching from Neputune, the Earth passes on the solar disk) | |||
| 3 | Sat | 23.7 | R-Psc is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.8, Period: 345 days) |
| 4 | Sun | 24.7 | 21:22 Asteroid Pallas is at opposition in constellation Del (Mag: 9.4) |
| 5 | Mon | 25.7 | 12:36 Moon passes 2°03.7' north of Saturn |
| 6 | Tue | 26.7 | R-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7 - 12.8, Period: 270 days) |
| 16:00 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°06.2') | |||
| 18h ι-Aqr (south) meteor shower is at peak (Jul.25 - Aug.20) | |||
| 7 | Wed | 27.7 | 22h Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift passses perihelion (Period: 7.3 years) |
| 8 | Thu | 28.7 | R-Hya is at maximum brightness (Mag: 3.5 - 10.9, Period: 389 days) |
| 01:39 `Risshuu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 135 degrees) | |||
| 02:28 Moon passes 3°17.4' north of Jupiter | |||
| 13:45 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (2°11.6') | |||
| 9 | Fri | 0.3 | R-Oph is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 13.8, Period: 307 days) |
| 03:40 Moon passes 3°23.1' north of Mars | |||
| 04:15 New Moon | |||
| 10 | Sat | 1.3 | RS-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.6, Period: 354 days) |
| 10:26 Moon passes 4°22.6' north of Mercury | |||
| 11 | Sun | 2.3 | RT-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0 - 14.1, Period: 306 days) |
| 03:33 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 08h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.944, 362,924km, Dia.: 32'56") | |||
| 12:13 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (3°04.3') | |||
| 12 | Mon | 3.3 | 06h δ-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak (Jul.25 - Aug.20) |
| 07:20 Moon passes 6°05.5' north of Venus | |||
| 11:22 Mars is at conjunction (1°12.5' north of Sun, Mag: 1.7, Dia.: 3.5") | |||
| 21:01 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 13 | Tue | 4.3 | 10h Per meteor shower is at peak (Jul.20 - Aug.20) |
| 14 | Wed | 5.3 | T-Cep is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.2 - 11.3, Period: 388 days) |
| 00:22 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 15h Heliocentric latitude of Mars is at northernmost | |||
| 21:01 Mars is farthest from the Earth (2.6714415AU, 399,641,958km, Mag: 1.7, Dia.: 3.5") | |||
| 15 | Thu | 6.3 | `Tanabata' in lunar calendar |
| 19:12 First quarter moon | |||
| 16 | Fri | 7.3 | |
| 17 | Sat | 8.3 | 12:47 Moon passes 9°54.5' south of Pluto |
| 18 | Sun | 9.3 | 16h Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko passses perihelion (Period: 6.6 years) |
| 19 | Mon | 10.3 | W-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 14.8, Period: 351 days) |
| 09:33 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°09.7') | |||
| 11h Uranus is nearest to the Earth (18.99340AU, 2,841 million km) | |||
| 20 | Tue | 11.3 | 07h Cyg meteor shower is at peak (Aug.10 - Aug.25) |
| 14h ι-Aqr (north) meteor shower is at peak (Jul.25 - Aug.25) | |||
| 16:40 Uranus is at opposition in constellation Aqr (Mag: 5.7, Dia.: 3.7") | |||
| 21 | Wed | 12.3 | RR-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.4 - 14.0, Period: 336 days) |
| 13:28 Moon passes 4°13.2' south of Neptune | |||
| 22 | Thu | 13.3 | 09:20 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Juno (3°03.2') |
| 22:19 Venus is at eastern greatest elongation (46°00.3', Mag: -4.3, Dia.: 24.4") | |||
| 23:01 Moon passes 4°11.9' south of Uranus | |||
| 23 | Fri | 14.3 | 07:29 Full Moon |
| 16:17 `Shosho' (Longitude of the sun reaches 150 degrees) | |||
| 24 | Sat | 15.3 | 04:36 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness |
| 25 | Sun | 16.3 | T-Cas is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9 - 13.0, Period: 445 days) |
| 26 | Mon | 17.3 | 16:53 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 27 | Tue | 18.3 | 02h Comet 46P/Wirtanen passses perihelion (Period: 5.4 years) |
| 03h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.055, 405,694km, Dia.: 29'27") | |||
| 28 | Wed | 19.3 | 04:47 Pluto is at apogee (R.A.: 16h58.9m) |
| 29 | Thu | 20.3 | |
| 30 | Fri | 21.3 | |
| 31 | Sat | 22.3 | 11:31 Last quarter moon |
