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▪ TableEarth Perihelion and Aphelion, 2002Jan. 2 Perihelion, 147,098,130 km (91,402,370 mi) from the SunJuly 6 Aphelion, 152,094,370 km (94,506,880 mi) from the SunEquinoxes and Solstices, 2002March 20 Vernal equinox, 19:161June 21 Summer solstice, 13:241Sept. 23 Autumnal equinox, 04:551Dec. 22 Winter solstice, 01:141Eclipses, 2002May 26 Moon, penumbral (begins 10:121), the beginning visible in North America (except the northeast), Central America, western South America, eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the southeastern Indian Ocean; the end visible in southwestern Alaska, Asia (except the far north), Australia, the eastern Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean.June 10-11 Sun, annular (begins 23:481), the beginning visible in western Indonesia, southwestern Asia, northern Australia, the western Pacific Ocean; the end visible in North America (except northeastern Canada), the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea.June 24 Moon, penumbral (begins 20:181), the beginning visible in Australia, southern and western Asia, Europe, Africa, eastern South America, the eastern and southern Atlantic Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean; the end visible in Africa, Europe, South America (except the northwest), western Australia, the southeastern Pacific Ocean.Nov. 19-20 Moon, penumbral (begins 23:321), the beginning visible in Africa, Europe, North America (except the west), Central and South America, extreme western Asia, the Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean; the end visible in North, Central, and South America, Greenland, Europe, northwestern Russia, western Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the eastern Pacific Ocean.Dec. 4 Sun, total (begins 07:381), the beginning visible in central and southern Africa, the eastern South Atlantic Ocean, the extreme southern Indian Ocean; the end visible in Australia, southern New Zealand, southern Indonesia, the southern Indian Ocean.See as table:
1Universal time.Source: The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2002 (2001).* * *
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