Find below a list of astronomical events for the whole year.
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Some data is probably slightly more accurately given in Fred Espenak's NASA Reference Publication 1349
You'll find world-maps of planetary occultations here
----------------------------------- January 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 5 Jupiter at opposition 2 7 Moon closest to Earth 2 10 Sun closest to Earth 2 20 Regulus 4.5degS of Moon 3 11 Venus in opposition to Jupiter 6 3 56 Last Quarter 6 13 Spica 7degS of Moon 9 5 Mercury 1.3degS of Neptune 10 2 Antares 6degS of Moon 11 23 Mercury furthest east from Sun 19deg 13 13 31 New Moon 14 10 Venus in superior conjunction 14 16 Moon 3.6degS of Neptune 15 2 Moon 4.0degS of Mercury 15 21 Moon 3.8degS of Uranus 16 8 Venus furthest from Earth 18 9 Moon furthest from Earth 18 9 Mercury stationary (retro) 18 22 Moon 5degS of Mars 21 17 45 First Quarter 23 21 Pleiades 7degN of Moon 24 15 Moon 0.06degN of Saturn Occultation 24 19 Aldebaran 4.0degS of Moon 25 12 Venus 1.3degS of Neptune 26 0 Mercury 4.5degN of Venus 26 12 Mercury 3.2degN of Neptune 26 18 Moon 0.9degN of Jupiter Occultation 27 18 Mercury in inferior conjunction 27 22 Pollux 4.4degN of Moon 28 13 Neptune in conjunction 28 21 Neptune furthest from Earth 28 22 52 Full Moon 29 8 Mercury closest to Earth 30 6 Regulus 4.4degS of Moon 30 9 Moon closest to Earth ----------------------------------- February 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 19 Spica 7degS of Moon 4 13 35 Last Quarter 6 7 Antares 6degS of Moon 7 10 Venus 0.8degS of Uranus 8 9 Mercury stationary (fwd) 8 10 Saturn stationary (fwd) 10 4 Moon 5degS of Mercury 11 1 Moon 3.7degS of Neptune 12 7 43 New Moon 12 20 Moon 3.3degS of Venus 13 17 Uranus in conjunction 14 16 Uranus furthest from Earth 14 22 Moon furthest from Earth 17 0 Moon 5degS of Mars 20 6 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 20 11 58 First Quarter 21 0 Moon 0.12degN of Saturn Occultation 21 4 Aldebaran 4.3degS of Moon 21 16 Mercury furthest west from Sun 27deg 23 2 Moon 0.9degN of Jupiter Occultation 24 9 Pollux 4.3degN of Moon 24 13 Mercury 0.50degS of Neptune 26 17 Regulus 4.4degS of Moon 27 9 18 Full Moon 27 20 Moon closest to Earth ----------------------------------- March 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 15 Jupiter stationary (fwd) 2 4 Spica 7degS of Moon 5 13 Antares 6degS of Moon 6 1 27 Last Quarter 9 2 Mercury 1.2degS of Uranus 10 8 Moon 3.8degS of Neptune 11 16 Moon 4.0degS of Uranus 12 1 Moon 2.7degS of Mercury 14 1 Moon furthest from Earth 14 2 5 New Moon 15 6 Moon 4.1degS of Venus 18 0 Moon 4.0degS of Mars 19 12 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 20 9 Moon 0.42degN of Saturn Occultation 20 11 Aldebaran 4.6degS of Moon 20 19 17 Equinox 21 6 Pluto stationary (retro) 22 2 24 First Quarter 22 11 Moon 1.1degN of Jupiter Occultation 23 18 Pollux 4.0degN of Moon 26 4 Regulus 4.5degS of Moon 28 7 Moon closest to Earth 28 18 26 Full Moon 29 15 Spica 7degS of Moon 31 15 Aldebaran 4.1degS of Saturn ----------------------------------- April 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 22 Antares 6degS of Moon 2 21 Mercury furthest from Earth 4 15 32 Last Quarter 6 15 Moon 4.1degS of Neptune 7 8 Mercury in superior conjunction 8 1 Moon 4.2degS of Uranus 10 6 Moon furthest from Earth 12 15 Pleiades 3.5degN of Mars 12 19 23 New Moon 13 6 Moon 4.3degS of Mercury 14 16 Moon 3.0degS of Venus 15 18 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 15 22 Moon 2.4degS of Mars 16 17 Aldebaran 4.7degS of Moon 16 20 Moon 0.8degN of Saturn Occultation 18 22 Moon 1.6degN of Jupiter 20 1 Pollux 3.8degN of Moon 20 12 46 First Quarter 22 12 Regulus 4.7degS of Moon 25 2 Pleiades 3.6degN of Venus 25 16 Moon closest to Earth 26 2 Spica 7degS of Moon 27 3 1 Full Moon 29 8 Antares 6degS of Moon 29 12 Aldebaran 6degS of Mars 30 1 Pleiades 1.6degN of Mercury 30 22 Mercury closest approach to Venus 6deg ----------------------------------- May 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 3 23 Moon 4.3degS of Neptune 4 1 Mercury furthest east from Sun 21deg 4 7 18 Last Quarter 4 14 Aldebaran 6degS of Venus 4 17 Mars 2.2degN of Saturn 5 9 Moon 4.4degS of Uranus 7 18 Venus 2.4degN of Saturn 7 19 Moon furthest from Earth 7 22 Mercury closest approach to Mars 10deg 10 21 Venus 0.30degN of Mars 12 10 47 New Moon 13 0 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 13 14 Neptune stationary (retro) 13 21 Moon 2.5degS of Mercury 13 23 Aldebaran 4.8degS of Moon 14 8 Moon 1.1degN of Saturn 14 15 Mercury closest approach to Saturn 6deg 14 18 Moon 0.64degS of Mars Occultation 14 23 Moon 0.9degS of Venus Occultation 16 5 Aldebaran closest approach to Mercury 1deg 16 5 Mercury stationary (retro) 16 12 Moon 2.0degN of Jupiter 17 7 Pollux 3.7degN of Moon 19 18 Regulus 4.9degS of Moon 19 19 43 First Quarter 23 11 Spica 7degS of Moon 23 16 Moon closest to Earth 26 11 52 Full Moon 26 18 Antares 6degS of Moon 27 7 Mercury in inferior conjunction 27 23 Mercury closest to Earth 31 8 Moon 4.4degS of Neptune ----------------------------------- June 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 18 Moon 4.5degS of Uranus 3 0 8 Last Quarter 3 7 Uranus stationary (retro) 3 18 Venus 1.7degN of Jupiter 4 13 Moon furthest from Earth 6 9 Pluto closest to Earth 7 4 Pluto at opposition 8 10 Pleiades closest approach to Mercury 3deg 8 11 Mercury stationary (fwd) 9 8 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 9 11 Saturn in conjunction 9 14 Moon 2.7degN of Mercury 9 15 Saturn furthest from Earth 9 19 Pollux 4.8degN of Venus 10 6 Aldebaran 4.8degS of Moon 10 23 48 New Moon Annular Eclipse 12 11 Moon 0.9degN of Mars 13 3 Moon 2.5degN of Jupiter 13 12 Pollux 3.6degN of Moon 13 21 Moon 1.5degN of Venus 16 0 Regulus 4.9degS of Moon 18 0 33 First Quarter 19 7 Moon closest to Earth 19 18 Spica 7degS of Moon 21 13 25 Solstice 21 19 Mercury furthest west from Sun 23deg 23 3 Antares 5degS of Moon 23 9 Venus in opposition to Neptune 24 3 Aldebaran 2.4degS of Mercury 24 21 43 Full Moon 27 16 Moon 4.4degS of Neptune 29 2 Moon 4.5degS of Uranus 29 5 Mercury in opposition to Pluto ----------------------------------- July 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 7 Moon furthest from Earth 2 11 Mercury 0.23degS of Saturn 2 17 22 Last Quarter 3 5 Mars 0.8degN of Jupiter 4 17 Pollux 6degN of Mars 6 8 Sun furthest from Earth 6 16 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 7 13 Pollux 6degN of Jupiter 7 14 Aldebaran 4.8degS of Moon 8 12 Moon 1.7degN of Saturn 9 3 Venus in opposition to Uranus 9 9 Moon 1.5degN of Mercury 10 9 Regulus 1.1degS of Venus 10 10 27 New Moon 10 21 Moon 2.9degN of Jupiter 11 3 Moon 2.3degN of Mars 13 6 Regulus 4.8degS of Moon 13 12 Moon 4.0degN of Venus 14 13 Moon closest to Earth 16 23 Spica 7degS of Moon 17 4 54 First Quarter 19 5 Pollux 5degN of Mercury 20 1 Jupiter in conjunction 20 9 Antares 5degS of Moon 20 13 Mercury 1.3degN of Jupiter 21 1 Mercury in superior conjunction 21 11 Jupiter furthest from Earth 23 23 Mercury furthest from Earth 24 9 8 Full Moon 24 23 Moon 4.3degS of Neptune 25 12 Mercury 0.67degN of Mars 26 8 Moon 4.4degS of Uranus 26 9 Mercury in opposition to Neptune 28 6 Mars in opposition to Neptune 30 2 Moon furthest from Earth ----------------------------------- August 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 10 25 Last Quarter 1 17 Neptune closest to Earth 2 0 Neptune at opposition 3 1 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 3 23 Aldebaran 4.9degS of Moon 5 3 Moon 2.1degN of Saturn 6 3 Regulus 0.9degS of Mercury 7 6 Pollux 3.6degN of Moon 7 17 Moon 3.3degN of Jupiter 8 19 16 New Moon 9 15 Regulus 4.7degS of Moon 10 1 Moon 4.5degN of Mercury 10 22 Mars in conjunction 10 23 Moon closest to Earth 11 22 Moon 6degN of Venus 13 5 Spica 7degS of Moon 14 12 Mars furthest from Earth 15 10 20 First Quarter 16 15 Antares 5degS of Moon 19 2 Uranus closest to Earth 20 0 Uranus at opposition 21 4 Moon 4.3degS of Neptune 22 13 Venus furthest east from Sun 46deg 22 14 Moon 4.2degS of Uranus 22 22 30 Full Moon 24 4 Mars in opposition to Uranus 26 18 Moon furthest from Earth 27 20 Pluto stationary (fwd) 28 23 Regulus 0.7degS of Mars 30 9 Pleiades 6degN of Moon 31 2 33 Last Quarter 31 8 Aldebaran 5degS of Moon ----------------------------------- September 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 6 Spica 0.9degN of Venus 1 10 Mercury furthest east from Sun 27deg 1 17 Moon 2.5degN of Saturn 2 6 Mercury closest approach to Venus 17deg 3 16 Pollux 3.5degN of Moon 4 13 Moon 3.8degN of Jupiter 6 1 Regulus 4.8degS of Moon 6 9 Moon 4.2degN of Mars 7 3 11 New Moon 8 3 Moon closest to Earth 8 16 Moon 9degN of Mercury 9 14 Spica 6degS of Moon 10 1 Moon 8degN of Venus 10 21 Jupiter in opposition to Neptune 12 21 Antares 5degS of Moon 13 18 14 First Quarter 14 14 Mercury stationary (retro) 17 9 Moon 4.3degS of Neptune 18 18 Moon 4.3degS of Uranus 21 14 0 Full Moon 23 3 Moon furthest from Earth 23 4 56 Equinox 25 14 Mercury closest to Earth 26 16 Pleiades 5degN of Moon 27 15 Aldebaran 5degS of Moon 27 18 Mercury in inferior conjunction 29 3 Moon 2.9degN of Saturn 29 17 4 Last Quarter ----------------------------------- October 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 1 Pollux 3.3degN of Moon 2 7 Moon 4.2degN of Jupiter 3 11 Regulus 4.9degS of Moon 5 1 Moon 4.4degN of Mars 5 9 Moon 5degN of Mercury 6 1 Mercury stationary (fwd) 6 11 18 New Moon 6 13 Moon closest to Earth 7 0 Spica 6degS of Moon 8 9 Moon 10degN of Venus 10 0 Mercury closest approach to Mars 3deg 10 5 Antares 4.7degS of Moon 10 8 Venus stationary (retro) 11 13 Saturn stationary (retro) 13 5 35 First Quarter 13 8 Mercury furthest west from Sun 18deg 14 14 Moon 4.6degS of Neptune 15 22 Moon 4.5degS of Uranus 20 5 Moon furthest from Earth 20 11 Neptune stationary (fwd) 21 7 22 Full Moon 23 22 Pleiades 5degN of Moon 24 21 Aldebaran 6degS of Moon 26 9 Moon 3.1degN of Saturn 28 8 Pollux 3.1degN of Moon 29 5 29 Last Quarter 29 21 Moon 4.5degN of Jupiter 30 20 Regulus 5degS of Moon 31 12 Venus in inferior conjunction ----------------------------------- November 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 7 Venus closest to Earth 2 17 Moon 3.8degN of Mars 3 7 Mercury 7degN of Venus 3 11 Spica 6degS of Moon 4 1 Moon closest to Earth 4 5 Moon 9degN of Venus 4 9 Moon 2.1degN of Mercury 4 12 Uranus stationary (fwd) 4 20 36 New Moon 6 15 Antares 4.7degS of Moon 10 21 Moon 4.7degS of Neptune 11 20 51 First Quarter 12 4 Moon 4.6degS of Uranus 14 4 Mercury in superior conjunction 16 11 Moon furthest from Earth 18 1 Mercury furthest from Earth 19 4 Spica closest approach to Venus 6deg 19 4 Venus stationary (fwd) 20 1 36 Full Moon 20 4 Pleiades 5degN of Moon 20 4 Spica 3.2degS of Mars 21 3 Aldebaran 6degS of Moon 22 12 Moon 3.1degN of Saturn 24 13 Pollux 3.0degN of Moon 25 10 Antares 3.3degS of Mercury 26 7 Moon 4.5degN of Jupiter 27 3 Regulus 5degS of Moon 27 15 48 Last Quarter 30 21 Spica 7degS of Moon ----------------------------------- December 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 1 9 Moon 2.7degN of Mars 1 13 Moon 2.2degN of Venus 2 9 Moon closest to Earth 4 7 36 New Moon Total Eclipse 4 21 Jupiter stationary (retro) 5 4 Moon 0.61degN of Mercury 6 14 Mercury in opposition to Saturn 8 7 Moon 4.8degS of Neptune 9 14 Moon 4.7degS of Uranus 9 16 Pluto in conjunction 10 7 Venus closest approach to Mars 1deg 10 14 Pluto furthest from Earth 11 15 45 First Quarter 14 4 Moon furthest from Earth 17 11 Pleiades 5degN of Moon 17 14 Saturn closest to Earth 17 17 Saturn at opposition 18 10 Aldebaran 6degS of Moon 19 15 Moon 2.8degN of Saturn 19 19 12 Full Moon 21 19 Pollux 3degN of Moon 22 1 15 Solstice 23 11 Moon 4.4degN of Jupiter 24 8 Regulus 5degS of Moon 26 5 Mercury furthest east from Sun 20deg 27 0 33 Last Quarter 28 4 Spica 6degS of Moon 30 0 Moon 1.3degN of Mars Occultation 30 1 Moon closest to Earth 30 8 Moon 2.1degS of Venus 31 12 Antares 4.6degS of Moon ----------------------------------- January 2002 ----------------------------------- d h m UTC 2 10 Mercury stationary (retro) END OF LISTING
Data is taken from The Astronomical Pocket Diary
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