The Sky this Month
April 2003
| dd hh | dd hh |
| 1 20 NEW MOON | 16 19 FULL MOON |
| 2 19 Mercury 3.9 N of Moon | 17 04 Moon at perigee |
| 4 02 Moon at apogee | 23 07 Mars 3.2 N of Moon |
| 4 05 Jupiter stationary | 23 12 LAST QUARTER |
| 4 14 Mercury greatest brilliancy | 24 04 Neptune 5.2 N of Moon |
| 7 22 Saturn 3.1 S of Moon | 25 16 Uranus 4.8 N of Moon |
| 9 23 FIRST QUARTER | 26 22 Mercury stationary |
| 11 08 Jupiter 4.0 S of Moon | 28 17 Venus 2.7 N of Moon |
| 16 13 Mercury greatest elong. E(19) |
| dd hh | dd hh |
| 1 05 Moon at apogee | 19 13 Mercury stationary |
| 1 12 NEW MOON | 21 12 Neptune 5.1 N of Moon |
| 2 04 Mercury 2.8 N of Moon | 21 20 Mars 3.0 N of Moon |
| 5 08 Saturn 3.2 S of Moon | 22 23 Uranus 4.9 N of Moon |
| 7 08 Mercury in transit | 23 00 LAST QUARTER |
| 8 18 Jupiter 4.2 S of Moon | 28 07 Mercury 2.4 S of Venus |
| 9 12 FIRST QUARTER | 28 14 Moon at apogee |
| 13 14 Mars 2.1 S of Neptune | 29 03 Mercury 2.4 S of Moon |
| 15 14 Moon at perigee | 29 04 Venus 0.1 S of Moon Occn. |
| 16 00 Neptune stationary | 31 04 NEW MOON E c l i p s e |
| 16 03 FULL MOON E c l i p s e |
LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2003
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 |
|
| Apr 01 | 6.18 18.06 |
7.04 18.36 |
3.38 16.24 |
23.56 13.37 |
14.51 1.39 |
11.47 22.21 |
| Apr 11 | 6.22 17.56 |
7.46 18.46 |
3.52 16.22 |
23.45 13.23 |
14.12 1.00 |
11.11 21.44 |
| Apr 21 | 6.27 17.46 |
7.55 18.37 |
4.07 16.18 |
23.34 13.07 |
13.34 0.22 |
10.35 21.08 |
| May 01 | 6.32 17.38 |
7.17 18.04 |
4.21 16.15 |
23.22 12.51 |
12.57 23.46 |
10.00 20.33 |
| May 11 | 6.37 17.31 |
6.10 17.14 |
4.36 16.11 |
23.09 12.33 |
12.20 23.10 |
9.26 19.58 |
| May 21 | 6.43 17.26 |
5.15 16.32 |
4.51 16.09 |
22.55 12.14 |
11.45 22.36 |
8.51 19.24 |
| May 31 | 6.48 17.23 |
4.54 16.08 |
5.07 16.09 |
22.40 11.53 |
11.10 22.03 |
8.17 18.49 |