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December 2002 |
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| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Sun | 26.3 | 11:47 Mercury passes 11°02.5' south of Pluto |
| 18:31 Moon passes 2°40.2' north of Mars | |||
| 21:59 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (2°05.1') | |||
| 22:26 Moon passes 2°06.4' north of Venus | |||
| 2 | Mon | 27.3 | 18h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.942, 362,296km, Dia.: 32'59") |
| 3 | Tue | 28.3 | 20:02 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 21:20 Mars is closest to Asteroid Juno (4°33.5') | |||
| 4 | Wed | 29.3 | 16:34 New Moon (Total Solar Eclipse in Southern Australia) |
| 5 | Thu | 0.8 | 02:49 Moon passes 10°08.0' south of Pluto |
| 06:18 Jupiter is at apogee (R.A.: 09h23.0m) | |||
| 13:07 Moon passes 0°36.1' north of Mercury (Occultation of Mercury in West Japan) | |||
| 13:07 Occultation of Mercury (immersion time at Osaka, emersion at Osaka is 13:28) | |||
| 6 | Fri | 1.8 | W-And is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7 - 14.6, Period: 396 days) |
| 16:07 Moon is at southernmost (Decl.: -25°48.5') (most southernmost in this year) | |||
| 21:14 Mars (Mag:1.7) is closest to Venus (Mag:-4.7) (1°33.2') | |||
| 7 | Sat | 2.8 | 01:54 Venus is closest to Asteroid Juno (3°51.4') |
| 09:54 Venus is brightest (Mag:-4.7, Dia.: 40.0") | |||
| 16:14 `Taisetsu' (Longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees) | |||
| 8 | Sun | 3.8 | R-Gem is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.0 - 14.0, Period: 370 days) |
| 16:42 Moon passes 04o44.5' south of Neptune | |||
| 9 | Mon | 4.8 | T-Aqr is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.2 - 14.2, Period: 202 days) |
| 23:02 Moon passes 4°39.2' south of Uranus | |||
| 10 | Tue | 5.8 | Y-Dra is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.2 - 15.0, Period: 326 days) |
| 21:59 Pluto is at conjunction (9°14.8' north of Sun, Mag: 13.9, Dia.: 0.1"3) | |||
| 11 | Wed | 6.8 | |
| 12 | Thu | 7.8 | R-Crv is at maximum brightness (Mag: 6.7 - 14.4, Period: 317 days) |
| 00:49 First quarter moon | |||
| 11h Comet 22P/Kopff passses perihelion (Period: 6.5 years) | |||
| 13 | Fri | 8.8 | 19:04 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere |
| 14 | Sat | 9.8 | 01h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is at southernmost |
| 13h Moon is farthest from the Earth (1.053, 404,917km, Dia.:29'31") | |||
| 14h Gem meteor shower is at peak (Dec.7 - Dec.18) | |||
| 15 | Sun | 10.8 | S-Scl is at maximum brightness (Mag: 5.5 - 13.6, Period: 363 days) |
| 03h Comet P/1986 A1 (Shoemaker 3) passses perihelion (Period: 17.1 years) | |||
| 16 | Mon | 11.8 | |
| 17 | Tue | 12.8 | 23h Saturn is nearest to the Earth (8.05194AU, 1,205 million km) |
| 18 | Wed | 13.8 | 04:08 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 03:24 Saturn is opposition in constellation Tau (Mag: -0.5, Dia.: 20.5", long side of the ring: 46.5", short side of the ring: 20.8") | |||
| 19 | Thu | 14.8 | |
| 20 | Fri | 15.8 | 00:04 Moon passes 2°50.2' north of Saturn |
| 04:10 Full Moon | |||
| 21 | Sat | 16.8 | RS-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag: 7.0 - 12.0, Period: 220 days) |
| 00:57 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 03:30 Moon is at northernmost (Decl.: +25°47.4') | |||
| 04:24 Occultation of ε-Gem (Mag: 3.2) (immersion time at Sapporo) | |||
| 13:34 Asteroid Vesta (Mag: 7.7) is closest to M61 (gallaxy in constellation Virgo) (0°13.4') | |||
| 22 | Sun | 17.8 | 05:51 Occultation of κ-Gem (Mag: 3.7) (emersion time at Tokyo) |
| 08h Comet 39P/Oterma passses perihelion (Period: 19.5 years) | |||
| 10:14 `Touji' (Winter Solstice, Longitude of the sun reaches 270 degrees) | |||
| 20h Comet Helin-Lawrence (P/1993 K2) passses perihelion (Period: 9.5 years) | |||
| 23 | Mon | 18.8 | National holiday in Japan (`Tennou Tanjoubi') |
| 11h β-UMi meteor shower is at peak | |||
| 20:47 Moon passes 4°18.8' north of Jupiter | |||
| 21:46 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 24 | Tue | 19.8 | 06h Comet 115P/Maury passses perihelion (Period: 8.8 years) |
| 18h Comet 30P/Reinmuth 1 passses perihelion (Period: 7.3 years) | |||
| 25 | Wed | 20.8 | Christmas |
| 11h Asteroid Khufu (3362) is closest to the Earth (0.1498AU) | |||
| 26 | Thu | 21.8 | 14:38 Mercury is at eastern greatest elongation (19°51.8', Mag: -0.5, Dia.: 6.7") |
| 18:35 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 27 | Fri | 22.8 | 07h Saturn is closest to ζ-Tau (0°54.0') |
| 09:31 Last quarter moon | |||
| 09:32 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (1°51.9') (Occultation of Vesta around Africa) | |||
| 18h Comet 28P/Neujimin 1 passses perihelion (Period: 18.2 years) | |||
| 18:29 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere | |||
| 28 | Sat | 23.8 | 04:26 λ-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 29 | Sun | 24.8 | 19:17 Moon is closest to Asteroid Juno (3°58.9') |
| 30 | Mon | 25.8 | 09:51 Moon passes 1°10.8' north of Mars (Occultation of Mars in Kinki and the east) |
| 10h Moon is nearest to the Earth (0.957, 367,906km, Dia.: 32'29") | |||
| 10:43 Occultation of Mars (immersion time at Tokyo, emersion at Tokyo is 11:24) | |||
| 17:47 Moon passes 2°10.7' south of Venus | |||
| 31 | Tue | 26.8 | `Oomisoka' (Last day of the year) |
