October 2001

November 2001

December 2001


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 15.3 14:41 Full Moon
2 Fri 16.3
3 Sat 17.3 National holiday in Japan (Bunka no hi)
02:02 Jupiter is at apogee(R.A.:07h08.1m)
03h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at north
03:29 Algol is at minimum brightness
11h Tau (south) meteor shower is at peak(mid October-last November)
13:53 Neptune is most at east(Mag:7.9,Dia.:02".2)
20:42 Occultation of Epsilon-Tau(Mag:3.6)(time of Fukuoka)
4 Sun 18.3 04:07 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
07:29 Moon passes 00o37'.7 north of Saturn(Mag:-0.3)(Saturn occultation in Sapporo 08:17)
09:09 Venus is closest to Mercury (00o39'.1)
5 Moon 19.3 W-And is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 396 days,6.7-14.6)
02:48 Mars passes 02o11'.5 south of Neptune
6 Tue 20.3 00:18 Algol is at minimum brightness
00:25 Mars is closest to Neptune (02o06'.1)
09:18 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+24o09'.2)
16:11 Moon passes 01o41'.4 north of Jupiter
7 Wed 21.3 17:37 Rittou (Longitude of the sun reaches 225 degrees)
8 Thu 22.3 02:59 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
21:07 Algol is at minimum brightness
21:21 Last quarter moon
9 Fri 23.3
10 Sat 24.3
11 Sun 25.3 17:56 Algol is at minimum brightness
12 Moon 26.3 01:51 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
02h Moon is nearest to the Earth(0.955,367,263km,Dia.:32'32")
17h Tau (north) meteor shower is at peak(mid October-last November)
18:15 Moon passes equator, to southern hemisphere
13 Tue 27.3 R-Cas is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 430 days,4.7-13.5)
U-Ori is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 368 days,4.8-13.0)
14 Wed 28.3 10:44 Moon passes 02o55'.0 north of Venus
16:26 Moon passes 02o39'.7 north of Mercury
15 Thu 29.3 15:40 New Moon
16 Fri 0.8 00:44 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
17 Sat 1.8 06:53 Moon passes 08o46'.7 south of Pluto
21h Leo meteor shower is at peak(Nov.15-Nov.22)
18 Sun 2.8 15:59 Uranus is most at east(Mag:5.8,Dia.:3".5)
19 Moon 3.8 07:31 Mon is at south most(Decl.:-24o12'.7)
23:36 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
20 Tue 4.8 R-Cet is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 166 days,7.3-14.3)
S-Vir is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 375 days,6.3-13.2)
09:36 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres (04o47'.5)
21 Wed 5.8 05:40 Moon passes 03o26'.9 south of Neptune
22 Thu 6.8 04:22 Moon passes 02o30'.7 south of Mars
10:36 Moon passes 03o37'.5 south of Uranus
15:00 Longitude of the sun reaches 240 degrees
23 Fri 7.8 National holiday in Japan (Kinro kansya no hi)
05:12 Algol is at minimum brightness
08:21 First quarter moon
22:28 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
24 Sat 8.8 01:07 133P/(1996 N2)Elst Comet Pizarro passses perihelion(Period 5.6 years)
01h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.052,404,393km,Dia.:29'33")
25 Sun 9.8 RU-Her is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 485 days,6.8-14.3)
T-Sgr is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 395 days,7.1-12.9)
16:57 Occultation of Psc33(Mag:4.7)(time of Sapporo)
26 Moon 10.8 02:01 Algol is at minimum brightness
18:46 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere
19:18 Mars passes 00o48'.0 south of Uranus
27 Tue 11.8 04:58 Uranus is closest to Mars (00o45'.0)
21:20 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness
22:14 Occultation of Nu-Psc(Mag:4.7)(time of Tokyo)
28 Wed 12.8 22:50 Algol is at minimum brightness
29 Thu 13.8 01:04 Asteroid Vesta is at opposition(Mag:6.5)
30 Fri 14.8

Special Thanks to Shirakawa Astronomical Observatory

 AstroArts Copyright(C) AstroArts Inc. All rights reserved.