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December 2001 |
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| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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| Day | Moonage | Phenomenon (JST) | |
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| 1 | Sat | 15.8 | 05:49 Full Moon |
| 11:15 Moon passes 00o28'.8 north of Saturn(Occultation of Saturn in Europe) | |||
| 20:13 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 2 | Sun | 16.8 | R-Aur is at maximum brightness(Mag:Period 458 days,6.7-13.9) |
| 20:21 Occultation of Gem1(Mag:4.3)(time of Tokyo) | |||
| 3 | Moon | 17.8 | R-Gem is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 370 days,6.0-14.0) |
| 15:55 Moon is at north most(Decl.:+24o14'.7) | |||
| 19:46 Moon passes 01o36'.0 north of Jupiter | |||
| 4 | Tue | 18.8 | |
| 04:48 Saturn is at opposition(Mag:0.4,Dia.:20".5,Ring:46".4) | |||
| 23:34 Mercury is closest to Sun (00o55'.3) | |||
| 5 | Wed | 19.8 | 11:50 Mercury is at exferrior conjunction(00o11'.8,Mag:-1.2,Dia.:4".6 south of Sun) |
| 19:05 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness | |||
| 6 | Thu | 20.8 | S-Ori is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 414 days,7.2-14.0) |
| 7 | Fri | 21.8 | 08h Moon is nearest to the Earth(0.963,370,120km,Dia.:32'17") |
| 10:29 Longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees | |||
| 11:09 Mercury passes 10o58'.7 south of Pluto | |||
| 8 | Sat | 22.8 | 04:52 Last quarter moon |
| 14:01 Pluto is at conjunction(09o49'.4,Mag:13.9,Dia.:0".13 north of Sun) | |||
| 9 | Sun | 23.8 | 17:57 Lambda-Tau is at minimum brightness |
| 10 | Moon | 24.8 | 01:09 Mon passes equator, to southern hemisphere |
| 11 | Tue | 25.8 | RT-Sco is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 449 days,7.0-15.2) |
| 12 | Wed | 26.8 | |
| 13 | Thu | 27.8 | |
| 14 | Fri | 28.8 | 08h Gem meteor shower is at peak(Dec.7-Dec.18) |
| 14:51 Moon passes 00o50'.6 north of Venus(Venus Occultation in Tokyo 15:54) | |||
| 17:40 Moon passes 08o48'.7 south of Pluto | |||
| 15 | Sat | 0.3 | 05:47 New Moon(annular eclipse in South Pacific Ocean) |
| 17:23 Moon passes 01o36'.8 north of Mercury | |||
| 21:04 Venus passes 09o33'.5 south of Pluto | |||
| 16 | Sun | 1.3 | 03:44 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 16:50 Moon is at south most(Decl.:-24o15'.0) | |||
| 17 | Moon | 2.3 | S-Scl is at maximum brightness (Mag:Period 363 days,5.5-13.6) |
| 18 | Tue | 3.3 | 13:08 Moon is closest to Asteroid Ceres(03o53'.1) |
| 15:37 Moon passes 03o33'.1 south of Neptune | |||
| 19 | Wed | 4.3 | 00:33 Algol is at minimum brightness |
| 20:31 Moon passes 03o45'.1 south of Uranus | |||
| 20 | Thu | 5.3 | |
| 21 | Fri | 6.3 | 05:26 Moon passes 04o21'.4 south of Mars |
| 21:22 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 22h Moon is farthest from the Earth(1.053,404,632km,Dia.:29'32") | |||
| 22 | Sat | 7.3 | 04:21 Toji(Longitude of the sun reaches 270 degrees) |
| 23 | Sun | 8.3 | Imperial Birthday |
| 04h Beta-UMi meteor shower is at peak | |||
| 05:56 First quarter moon | |||
| 24 | Moon | 9.3 | National holiday in Japan |
| 03:37 Moon passes equator, to northern hemisphere | |||
| 18:11 Algol is at minimum brightness | |||
| 25 | Tue | 10.3 | Christmas |
| 26 | Wed | 11.3 | 00:17 Occultation of Xi-Cet1(Mag:4.5)(time of Tokyo) |
| Asteroid 1998WT24 is closest to Earth(0.012AU) | |||
| 27 | Thu | 12.3 | 04h Heliocentric latitude of Mercury is most at south |
| 21:27 Moon is closest to Asteroid Vesta (03o07'.5) | |||
| 28 | Fri | 13.3 | 16:58 Moon passes 00o13'.2 north of Saturn(Occultation of Saturn in North America) |
| 29 | Sat | 14.3 | 20h Asteroid 3362 Khufu is closest to Earth(0.1596AU) |
| 30 | Sun | 15.3 | 19:41 Full Moon(penumbralunar eclipse) |
| 22:59 Moon passes 01o14'.7 north of Jupiter(Occultation of Jupiter in Greenland) | |||
| 31 | Moon | 16.3 | 00:41 Mon is at north most(Decl.:+24o14'.6) |
