The Sky this Month

August 2002

dd hh
  1 11 LAST QUARTER 15 11 FIRST QUARTER
  2 00 Neptune at opposition 20 01 Uranus at opposition
  5 04 Saturn 2.0 S of Moon 21 05 Neptune 4.2 N of Moon
  6 05 Mercury 0.9 N of Regulus 22 09 Venus greatest elong. E(46)
  7 18 Jupiter 3.1 S of Moon 22 14 Uranus 4.1 N of Moon
  8 19 Mars 3.2 S of Moon 22 23 FULL MOON
  8 19 NEW MOON 26 17 Moon at apogee
10 02 Mercury 4.3 S of Moon 27 11 Pluto stationary
10 23 Mars in conj. with Sun 29 00 Mars 0.8 N of Regulus
11 01 Moon at perigee 31 03 LAST QUARTER
11 23 Venus 6.1 S of Moon

 September 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 06 Mercury greatest elong. E(26) 14 12 Mercury stationary
1 07 Venus 0.0 S of Spica 17 09 Neptune 4.2 N of Moon
1 17 Saturn 2.5 S of Moon 18 18 Uranus 4.2 N of Moon
4 14 Jupiter 3.6 S of Moon 21 15 FULL MOON
6 10 Mars 3.9 S of Moon 23 05 E q u i n o x
7 04 NEW MOON 23 06 Moon at apogee
7 16 Mercury greatest brilliancy 26 07 Venus greatest brilliancy
8 05 Moon at perigee 27 18 Mercury in inferior conjn.
8 17 Mercury 8.6 S of Moon 29 03 Saturn 3.0 S of Moon
10 03 Venus 8.1 S of Moon 29 17 LAST QUARTER
13 18 FIRST QUARTER

 
LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2002

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..

Aug 09

06.43 17.44

07.44 19.06

08.59 21.09

06.49 17.46

05.53 16.36

03.23 13.57

Aug 19

06.35 17.49

07.46 19.36

08.46 21.15

06.30 17.36

05.21 16.06

02.48 13.22

Aug 29

06.25 17.53

07.38 19.53

08.31 21.18

06.11 17.26

04.49 15.37

02.12 12.46

Sep 08

06.15 17.57

07.19 19.53

08.14 21.19

05.51 17.15

04.17 15.07

01.35 12.09

Sep 18

06.04 18.01

06.41 19.21

07.53 21.14

05.31 17.04

03.45 14.36

00.58 11.32

Sep 28

05.53 18.05

05.43 18.03

07.28 21.01

05.10 16.53

03.11 14.05

00.20 10.54