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October 2002 |
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| 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) | |
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| 1 | Tue | 24.0 | |
| 2 | Wed | 25.0 | R-LMi is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.3 - 13.2, Period: 372 days) |
| 00:15 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| 05:18 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 16:23 Moon passes 4°07.4' north of Jupiter | |||
| 3 | Thu | 26.0 | |
| 4 | Fri | 27.0 | 00:52 Sun is closest to Asteroid Juno (3°26.1') |
| 04:21 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°54.8') | |||
| 5 | Sat | 28.0 | 10:28 Moon passes 4°13.7' north of Mars |
| 18:04 Moon passes 5°27.2' north of Mercury | |||
| 6 | Sun | 29.0 | 04:10 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 11:03 Mercury is at apogee(R.A.: 11h54.2m) | |||
| 15:55 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 16:32 Asteroid Juno is at conjunction | |||
| 17:50 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (0°50.7') (Occultation of Juno in Central Asia) | |||
| 20:18 New Moon | |||
| 22h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.929, 356,911km, Dia.: 33'29") | |||
| 7 | Mon | 0.7 | U-Ari is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.5 - 15.5, Period: 371 days) |
| 8 | Tue | 1.7 | 18:56 Moon passes 9°45.1' north of Venus |
| 20:09 `Kanro' (Longitude of the sun reaches 195 degrees) | |||
| 9 | Wed | 2.7 | 4h γ-Dra meteor shower (Giacobinids) is at peak (Oct.8 - Oct.9) |
| 22:29 Asteroid Ceres is at opposition in constellation Cet (Mag: 7.6) | |||
| 10 | Thu | 3.7 | S-CrB is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.8 - 14.1, Period: 360 days) |
| T-UMa is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6 - 13.5, Period: 257 days) | |||
| 03:02 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 18:07 Venus is at apogee (R.A.: 14h43.7m) | |||
| 22:25 Mars (Mag: 1.8) is closest to Mercury (Mag: -0.1) (2°50.0') | |||
| 11 | Fri | 4.7 | 03:08 Moon passes 10°04.5' south of Pluto |
| 22:07 Saturn is at apogee (R.A.: 05h56.1m) | |||
| 12 | Sat | 5.7 | R-Cnc is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.1 - 11.8, Period: 362 days) |
| T-Col is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.6 - 12.7, Period: 226 days) | |||
| 10h Comet C/2001 K5 (LINEAR) passses perihelion | |||
| 20:55 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°37.4') | |||
| 13 | Sun | 6.7 | U-UMi is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.1 - 13.0, Period: 331 days) |
| 05:22 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 14:33 First quarter moon | |||
| 16:34 Mercury is at western greatest elongation (18°04.1', Mag: -0.5, Dia.: 6.9") | |||
| 14 | Mon | 7.7 | National holiday in Japan (`Taiiku no hi') |
| 01:54 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 22:48 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23:16 Moon passes 4°31.1' south of Neptune | |||
| 15 | Tue | 8.7 | |
| 16 | Wed | 9.7 | 02:11 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 07:26 Moon passes 4°25.1' south of Uranus | |||
| 09:16 Asteroid Vesta (Mag: 8.2) is closest to M95 (galaxy in constellation Leo) (0°04.3') | |||
| 17 | Thu | 10.7 | 19:37 Asteroid Vesta (Mag: 8.2) is closest to M96 (galaxy in constellation Leo) (0°15.1') |
| 18 | Fri | 11.7 | `Ju-san ya' (or Nohci no Tsuki) |
| R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2 - 14.3, Period: 166 days) | |||
| 00:46 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23:00 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 19 | Sat | 12.7 | |
| 20 | Sun | 13.7 | 04:58 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 14h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.057, 406,353km, Dia.: 29'24") | |||
| 20:34 Neptune is at apogee (R.A.: 20h42.4m) | |||
| 22:54 Midautumn day (`Doyou') (Longitude of the sun reaches 207 degrees) | |||
| 21 | Mon | 14.7 | 00h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at northernmost |
| 16:20 Full Moon | |||
| 19:49 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 23:38 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 22 | Tue | 15.7 | 05h Ori meteor shower is at peak (Oct.10 - Oct.30) |
| 23 | Wed | 16.7 | 23:18 `Soukou' (Longitude of the sun reaches 210 degrees) |
| 24 | Thu | 17.7 | |
| 25 | Fri | 18.7 | 02:36 Mercury is closest to Asteroid Juno (2°09.2') |
| 22:30 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 26 | Sat | 19.7 | 18:04 Moon passes 3°06.0' north of Saturn |
| 27 | Sun | 20.7 | RT-Cyg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0 - 10.1, Period: 190 days) |
| 15:32 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°44.1') | |||
| 21:22 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness | |||
| 28 | Mon | 21.7 | |
| 29 | Tue | 22.7 | 14:28 Last quarter moon |
| 21:22 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 30 | Wed | 23.7 | 06:46 Moon passes 4°24.9' north of Jupiter |
| 14:09 Venus is at inferior conjunction (6°17.0' south of Sun, Mag: -4.0, Dia.: 61.4") | |||
| 31 | Thu | 24.7 | R-Vul is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 14.3, Period: 137 days) |
| 05:01 Occultation of η-Leo (Mag: 3.6) (emersion time at Tokyo) | |||
