October 2002

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Day Moonage Phenomenon (JST)
1 Fri 25.7 07:27 Venus is closest to Sun (5°39.0')
09:51 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°11.9') (Occultation of Vesta araound Alaska)
2 Sat 26.7 20:14 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness
3 Sun 27.7 National holiday in Japan (`Bunka no hi')
02:31 Moon passes 3°45.1' north of Mars
03:03 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
16:58 Mercury passes 6°33.9' north of Venus
17h Tau (south) meteor shower is at peak (mid October - last November)
20:55 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (0°30.1') (Occultation of Juno in South America)
4 Mon 28.7 National holiday in Japan
10h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.932, 358,152km, Dia.: 33'22")
14:33 Moon passes 8°29.1' north of Venus
18:06 Moon passes 2°03.9' north of Mercury
21:27 Uranus is at apogee (R.A.: 21h49.8m)
5 Tue 0.3 03:53 Algol is at minimum brightness
05:34 New Moon
6 Wed 1.3 02:36 Neptune is at eastern quadrature (Mag: 7.9, Dia.: 2.2")
7 Thu 2.3 14:21 Moon passes 10°07.5' south of Pluto
23:22 `Rittou' (Longitude of the sun reaches 225 degrees)
8 Fri 3.3 R-And is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.8 - 14.9, Period: 409 days)
00:42 Algol is at minimum brightness
9 Sat 4.3 05:43 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°46.9')
19:55 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness
10 Sun 5.3 21:30 Algol is at minimum brightness
11 Mon 6.3 06:41 Mon passes 4°41.2' south of Neptune
12 Tue 7.3 R-Peg is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9 - 13.8, Period: 378 days)
05:52 First quarter moon
13:48 Moon passes 4°35.5' south of Uranus
13 Wed 8.3 00h Tau (north) meteor shower is at peak (mid October - last November)
18:19 Algol is at minimum brightness
14 Thu 9.3 V-Cas is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.9 - 13.4, Period: 229 days)
12:43 Mercury is closest to Sun (0°07.5')
15:07 Mercury is at superior conjunction (0°08.3' south of Sun, Mag: -1.3, Dia.: 4.7")
15 Fri 10.3 R-Leo is at maximum brightness (Mag: 4.4 - 11.3, Period: 310 days)
11:18 Jupiter is at western quadrature (Mag: -2.2, Dia.: 38.6")
16 Sat 11.3 11:44 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
20h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.056, 405,799km, Dia.: 29'27")
17 Sun 12.3
18 Mon 13.3 U-Ori is at maximum brightness (Mag: 4.8 - 13.0, Period: 368 days)
19 Tue 14.3 12:46 Venus is at apogee(R.A.: 13h50.5m)
13h or 19h Leo meteor shower is at peak (Nov.15 - Nov.22)
20 Wed 15.3 10:34 Full Moon (Penumbra Lunar Eclipse, not seen in Japan)
21 Thu 16.3
22 Fri 17.3 W-Lyr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.3 - 13.0, Period: 198 days)
11:28 Mars (Mag: 1.7) is closest to Spica (α Vir) (2°59.5')
15:31 Uranus is at eastern quadrature (Mag: 5.8, Dia.: 3.5")
18:29 β-Lyr is at minimum brightness
20:54 `Shousetsu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 240 degrees)
21:13 Moon passes 3°03.9' north of Saturn
23 Sat 18.3 National holiday in Japan (`Kinrou kansya no hi')
19:39 Occultation of ε-Gem (Mag: 3.2) (emersion time at Tokyo)
21:14 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°48.7') (most norterenmost in this year)
24 Sun 19.3 20:59 Occultation of κ-Gem (Mag: 3.7) (emersion time at Tokyo)
25 Mon 20.3 05:35 Algol is at minimum brightness
26 Tue 21.3 16:03 Moon passes 4°29.2' north of Jupiter
27 Wed 22.3
28 Thu 23.3 00:46 Last quarter moon
02:24 Algol is at minimum brightness
29 Fri 24.3 12:06 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (0°2.5') (Occultation of Vesta in Africa)
30 Sat 25.3 S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.3 - 13.2, Period: 375 days)
02h Comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup passses perihelion (Period: 5.3 years)
12:17 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
23:13 Algol is at minimum brightness

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