In the Sky this Month
February 2000
| dd hh | dd hh |
| 1 01 Moon at apogee | 12 01 Mercury greatest brilliancy |
| 2 15 Venus 1.6 S of Moon | 12 23 FIRST QUARTER |
| 4 14 Neptune 0.1 N of Moon Occn. | 14 19 Mercury greatest elong. E(18) |
| 5 13 NEW MOON Eclipse | 17 01 Moon at perigee |
| 5 14 Uranus 0.4 N of Moon Occn. | 19 16 FULL MOON |
| 6 07 Uranus in conj. with Sun | 20 23 Mercury stationary |
| 6 19 Mercury 1.7 N of Moon | 22 05 Venus 0.5 S of Neptune |
| 8 16 Mars 3.9 N of Moon | 27 04 LAST QUARTER |
| 11 02 Jupiter 4.5 N of Moon | 28 21 Moon at apogee |
| 12 00 Saturn 3.2 N of Moon |
March 2000
| dd hh | dd hh |
| 1 15 Mercury in inferior conjn. | 15 00 Mercury 2.5 N of Venus |
| 2 23 Neptune 0.3 N of Moon Occn. | 15 01 Moon at perigee |
| 4 00 Uranus 0.6 N of Moon Occn. | 16 09 Pluto stationary |
| 4 00 Venus 0.6 N of Moon Occn. | 20 04 FULL MOON |
| 4 00 Venus 0.1 S of Uranus | 20 07 Equinox |
| 5 09 Mercury 6.3 N of Moon | 24 00 Mercury greatest brilliancy |
| 6 05 NEW MOON | 27 17 Moon at apogee |
| 8 13 Mars 5.1 N of Moon | 28 00 LAST QUARTER |
| 9 17 Jupiter 4.5 N of Moon | 28 23 Mercury greatest elong. W(27) |
| 10 09 Saturn 3.2 N of Moon | 30 09 Neptune 0.5 N of Moon Occn. |
| 13 07 FIRST QUARTER | 31 11 Uranus 0.8 N of Moon Occn. |
| 14 03 Mercury stationary |
LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2000
Site Location:- Long. +28.0 deg. Lat. -26.0 deg. Local Time:- UT +2.0 hrs.
| Date | Sun |
Mercury |
Venus |
Mars |
Jupiter |
Saturn |
.Rise Set.. |
.Rise Set.. |
.Rise Set.. |
.Rise Set.. |
.Rise Set.. |
.Rise Set.. |
|
| Feb 10 | 05.50 18.54 |
07.07 19.47 |
03.29 17.04 |
08.41 20.50 |
10.58 22.23 |
11.51 23.04 |
| Feb 20 | 05.57 18.46 |
07.11 19.28 |
03.46 17.12 |
08.35 20.32 |
10.26 21.49 |
11.14 22.27 |
| Mar 01 | 06.03 18.38 |
06.10 18.29 |
04.03 17.17 |
08.29 20.15 |
09.55 21.15 |
10.38 21.50 |
| Mar 11 | 06.08 18.28 |
04.52 17.29 |
04.21 17.19 |
08.23 19.57 |
09.24 20.41 |
10.03 21.13 |
| Mar 21 | 06.13 18.17 |
04.16 17.01 |
04.37 17.19 |
08.17 19.40 |
08.55 20.09 |
09.28 20.37 |
| Mar 31 | 06.18 18.06 |
04.14 16.52 |
04.53 17.16 |
08.11 19.23 |
08.25 19.36 |
08.54 20.01 |