Astronomical Events 2002

108 events in date order, in your time zone (showing UTC)

  1. 05:59 UTC · magnitude -2.7

  2. Quadrantids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 80 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 77% lit.

  3. 15:15 UTC · magnitude -0.7 · 1.2° apart

  4. 23:45 UTC · magnitude -0.6

  5. 11:47 UTC · magnitude -3.9

  6. 17:44 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 3.5° apart

  7. 04:02 UTC · magnitude -0.2 · 3.8° apart

  8. 00:02 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 3.6° apart

  9. 15:19 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 0.1° apart

  10. 18:59 UTC · magnitude -2.6 · 0.9° apart

  11. 18:53 UTC · magnitude 4.6

  12. 13:30 UTC · magnitude 8.0

  13. 02:29 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 3.6° apart

  14. 16:37 UTC · magnitude 5.9

  15. 00:02 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 0.2° apart

  16. 16:04 UTC · magnitude 0.1

  17. 02:10 UTC · magnitude -2.5 · 0.9° apart

  18. 14:19 UTC · magnitude 0.0 · 0.5° apart

  19. Full moon at 357,091 km, 09:16 UTC.

  20. 08:30 UTC · magnitude -0.1 · 1.2° apart

  21. 10:10 UTC · magnitude 8.0 · 3.7° apart

  22. 19:09 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 3.8° apart

  23. 03:14 UTC · magnitude -0.2 · 2.6° apart

  24. Moon near Venus Planets

    10:15 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 3.7° apart

  25. Moon near Mars Planets

    03:44 UTC · magnitude 1.4 · 3.7° apart

  26. 09:19 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 0.4° apart

  27. March Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

    19:16 UTC.

  28. 11:27 UTC · magnitude -2.3 · 1.1° apart

  29. Full moon at 357,212 km, 18:24 UTC.

  30. 17:35 UTC · magnitude 7.9 · 4.0° apart

  31. 08:58 UTC · magnitude -2.1

  32. 03:49 UTC · magnitude 5.9 · 4.0° apart

  33. Moon near Venus Planets

    19:14 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 2.8° apart

  34. Moon near Mars Planets

    00:19 UTC · magnitude 1.6 · 2.2° apart

  35. 19:35 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 0.8° apart

  36. 22:40 UTC · magnitude -2.1 · 1.6° apart

  37. Lyrids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 18 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 73% lit.

  38. 23:45 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 2.2° apart

  39. 03:47 UTC · magnitude 0.4

  40. Eta Aquariids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 50 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 32% lit.

  41. 07:23 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 2.4° apart

  42. 18:56 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.3° apart

  43. 22:19 UTC · magnitude 2.0 · 2.4° apart

  44. 07:22 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 1.1° apart

  45. Moon near Mars Planets

    18:50 UTC · magnitude 1.7 · 0.6° apart

  46. Moon near Venus Planets

    23:14 UTC · magnitude -3.9 · 0.8° apart

  47. 12:10 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 2.0° apart

  48. Greatest eclipse 12:03 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.

  49. 07:11 UTC · magnitude 5.8

  50. 22:44 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.6° apart

  51. 07:43 UTC · magnitude 0.9

  52. 12:40 UTC · magnitude 2.1 · 2.6° apart

  53. Greatest eclipse 23:44 UTC.

  54. Moon near Mars Planets

    11:49 UTC · magnitude 1.7 · 0.9° apart

  55. 04:05 UTC · magnitude -1.8 · 2.5° apart

  56. Moon near Venus Planets

    21:30 UTC · magnitude -4.0 · 1.5° apart

  57. June Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

    13:24 UTC.

  58. 14:28 UTC · magnitude 0.5

  59. Greatest eclipse 21:27 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.

  60. 10:04 UTC · magnitude -0.5 · 0.2° apart

  61. 13:35 UTC · magnitude -1.8 · 0.8° apart

  62. 11:54 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 1.7° apart

  63. 08:59 UTC · magnitude -1.1 · 1.5° apart

  64. Moon near Venus Planets

    14:37 UTC · magnitude -4.1 · 3.7° apart

  65. 01:28 UTC · magnitude -1.8

  66. 01:49 UTC · magnitude -2.1

  67. Southern Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 25 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 78% lit.

  68. Alpha Capricornids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 70% lit.

  69. 00:29 UTC · magnitude 7.8

  70. 02:54 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 2.0° apart

  71. 18:24 UTC · magnitude -1.8 · 3.2° apart

  72. 22:25 UTC · magnitude 1.7

  73. Perseids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 100 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 23% lit.

  74. 00:19 UTC · magnitude 5.7

  75. 13:09 UTC · magnitude -4.3

  76. 16:32 UTC · magnitude 5.7 · 4.0° apart

  77. 10:33 UTC · magnitude 0.3

  78. 16:15 UTC · magnitude 1.0 · 2.5° apart

  79. 14:32 UTC · magnitude -1.9 · 3.6° apart

  80. September Equinox Equinoxes and Solstices

    04:55 UTC.

  81. 18:30 UTC · magnitude 5.1

  82. 02:19 UTC · magnitude 0.9 · 2.9° apart

  83. Moon near Mars Planets

    04:24 UTC · magnitude 1.8 · 3.8° apart

  84. Draconids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 9% lit.

  85. 13:23 UTC · magnitude -0.1 · 2.8° apart

  86. 07:32 UTC · magnitude -0.5

  87. Orionids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 20 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 100% lit.

  88. 08:15 UTC · magnitude 0.8 · 3.1° apart

  89. 12:04 UTC · magnitude -4.0

  90. Moon near Mars Planets

    20:15 UTC · magnitude 1.8 · 3.4° apart

  91. Southern Taurids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 1% lit.

  92. Northern Taurids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 5 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 57% lit.

  93. 04:42 UTC · magnitude -1.3

  94. Leonids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 95% lit.

  95. Greatest eclipse 01:47 UTC. Visible wherever the Moon is above the horizon.

  96. 11:19 UTC · magnitude 0.6 · 3.0° apart

  97. Moon near Mars Planets

    11:27 UTC · magnitude 1.7 · 2.4° apart

  98. Moon near Venus Planets

    14:54 UTC · magnitude -4.7 · 1.9° apart

  99. Greatest eclipse 07:31 UTC.

  100. 11:34 UTC · magnitude -4.7 · 1.5° apart

  101. Geminids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 150 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 75% lit.

  102. 13:50 UTC · magnitude 0.4

  103. 14:05 UTC · magnitude 0.4 · 2.8° apart

  104. December Solstice Equinoxes and Solstices

    01:14 UTC.

  105. Ursids Meteor Showers
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    Up to 10 meteors per hour at the peak; Moon 91% lit.

  106. 05:38 UTC · magnitude -0.5

  107. Moon near Mars Planets

    01:35 UTC · magnitude 1.5 · 1.1° apart

  108. Moon near Venus Planets

    07:27 UTC · magnitude -4.5 · 2.0° apart

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