Sun, Moon, and Stars: November 2002

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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November 2002—Week 1 (Nov. 1–2)

11/1:	0000 UT, 7 PM EST (Oct. 31) Vesta, the third-largest asteroid, is 1 degree 3 minutes south of the Moon. The asteroid is occulted, or hidden from view by the Moon.
11/2:	1800 UT, 1 PM EST Mars is 4 degrees south of the Moon.

November 2002—Week 2 (Nov. 3–9)

11/3:	1200 UT, 7 AM EST The asteroid Juno is 0 degrees 6 minutes north of the Moon. The asteroid is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon.
11/4:	0100 UT, 8 PM EST (Nov. 3) The Moon is at its perigee, or closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit.   1200 UT, 7 AM EST Uranus appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward, or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion.   2100 UT, 4 PM EST NEW MOON
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November 2002—Week 3 (Nov. 10–16)

11/10:	2200 UT, 5 PM EST Neptune is 5 degrees north of the Moon.
11/11:	2100 UT, 4 PM EST FIRST QUARTER
11/12:	0500 UT, 12 AM EST (midnight) Uranus is 5 degrees north of the Moon.
11/14:	0500 UT, 12 AM EST (midnight) Mercury is in superior conjunction, that is, Mercury and Earth are aligned on opposite sides of the Sun.
11/16:	1100 UT, 6 AM EST The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit.
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November 2002—Week 4 (Nov. 17–23)

11/19:	0400 UT, 11 PM EST (Nov. 18) Venus appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward, or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion.
11/20:	0200 UT, 9 PM EST (Nov. 19) FULL MOON Partial eclipse   0500 UT, 12 AM EST (midnight) Mars is 3 degrees north of Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo.
11/22:	1200 UT, 7 AM EST Saturn is 3 degrees south of the Moon.
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November 2002—Week 5 (Nov. 24–30)

11/26:	0700 UT, 2 AM EST Jupiter is 4 degrees south of the Moon.
11/27:	1600 UT, 11 AM EST LAST QUARTER
11/29:	0300 UT, 10 PM EST (Nov. 28) Vesta, the third-largest asteroid, is 0 degrees 4 seconds north of the Moon. The asteroid is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon.   1800 UT, 1 PM EST Ceres, the largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent backward, or retrograde, motion changes back to direct motion.
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