Planet events and lunar eclipses in 2000

Oppositions4

Greatest elongations6

Lunar eclipses2

Visible from Tokyo1at maximum

Planet events

Date (JST)	Planet	Event	Mag	Dist (au)	Constellation	Elong.
2000-01-16 10:18	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-1.4	1.424	Sagittarius	2.0°
2000-01-25 03:08	Neptune	Conjunction with the Sun	+7.9	31.104	Capricornus	0.2°
2000-02-06 16:14	Uranus	Conjunction with the Sun	+6.0	20.913	Capricornus	0.7°
2000-02-15 10:15	Mercury	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	-0.5	0.944	Aquarius	18.1°
2000-03-02 00:10	Mercury	Inferior conjunction	+5.5	0.632	Aquarius	3.7°
2000-03-29 06:13	Mercury	Greatest western elongation (morning)	+0.4	0.895	Aquarius	27.8°
2000-05-08 13:08	Jupiter	Conjunction with the Sun	-2.0	5.996	Aries	0.9°
2000-05-09 12:49	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-2.5	1.324	Aries	0.0°
2000-05-11 04:44	Saturn	Conjunction with the Sun	+0.2	10.166	Aries	2.0°
2000-06-09 22:31	Mercury	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	+0.6	0.822	Gemini	24.0°
2000-06-11 19:30	Venus	Superior conjunction	-3.9	1.736	Taurus	0.1°
2000-07-02 00:49	Mars	Conjunction with the Sun	+1.5	2.610	Gemini	0.9°
2000-07-06 20:34	Mercury	Inferior conjunction	+5.7	0.568	Gemini	4.7°
2000-07-27 18:16	Mercury	Greatest western elongation (morning)	+0.2	0.873	Gemini	19.8°
2000-07-28 07:48	Neptune	Opposition	+7.7	29.098	Capricornus	179.8°
2000-08-11 14:19	Uranus	Opposition	+5.8	18.932	Capricornus	179.3°
2000-08-22 10:05	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-1.9	1.358	Leo	1.8°
2000-10-06 19:18	Mercury	Greatest eastern elongation (evening)	+0.0	0.997	Libra	25.5°
2000-10-30 11:08	Mercury	Inferior conjunction	+6.7	0.672	Virgo	0.7°
2000-11-15 14:22	Mercury	Greatest western elongation (morning)	-0.5	0.997	Virgo	19.3°
2000-11-19 21:41	Saturn	Opposition	-0.4	8.133	Taurus	177.7°
2000-11-28 11:12	Jupiter	Opposition	-2.9	4.050	Taurus	179.1°
2000-12-26 04:23	Mercury	Superior conjunction	-1.3	1.444	Sagittarius	1.6°

Lunar eclipses

Maximum (JST)	Type	Umbral mag.	Tokyo
2000-01-21 13:43	Total lunar eclipse	1.33	Moon below horizon
2000-07-16 22:55	Total lunar eclipse	1.77	Moon up

Each planet this year

Computed with the JPL DE421 ephemeris and Skyfield (times in JST). Magnitude and distance are for 12:00 JST on each date. Visibility is a rough guide for mid-northern latitudes such as Japan.

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23 planetary conjunctions, oppositions and elongations and 2 lunar eclipses in 2000 (JST).