The Sky this Month

May 2003

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

June 2003

dd hh dd hh
  1 20 Saturn 3.4 S of Moon 19 08 Uranus 4.7 N of Moon
  3 08 Mercury greatest elong. W(24) 20 20 Mercury 0.5 S of Venus
  5 06 Jupiter 4.4 S of Moon 21 00 Mars 3.2 S of Uranus
  7 13 Uranus stationary 21 15 LAST QUARTER
  7 21 FIRST QUARTER 21 19 S o l s t i c e
  9 20 Pluto at opposition 24 14 Saturn in conj. with Sun
12 22 Moon at perigee 25 04 Moon at apogee
14 11 FULL MOON 28 13 Venus 2.2 S of Moon
17 20 Neptune 5.1 N of Moon 29 02 Mercury 2.1 S of Moon
18 18 Venus 4.8 N of Aldebaran 29 10 Saturn 3.5 S of Moon
19 06 Mars 1.6 N of Moon 29 18 NEW MOON

 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
May 01

06.32 17.38

07.17 18.04

04.21 16.15

23.22 12.51

12.57 23.46

10.00 20.33
May 11

06.37 17.31

06.10 17.14

04.36 16.11

23.09 12.33

12.20 23.10

09.26 19.58
May 21

06.43 17.26

05.15 16.32

04.51 16.09

22.55 12.14

11.45 22.36

08.51 19.24
May 31

06.48 17.23

04.54 16.08

05.07 16.09

22.40 11.53

11.10 22.03

08.17 18.49
             
Jun 10

06.52 17.22

05.03 16.02

05.24 16.11

22.23 11.31

10.36 21.31

07.44 18.15
Jun 20

06.55 17.23

05.37 16.16

05.41 16.17

22.03 11.07

10.02 21.00

07.10 17.42
Jun 30

06.57 17.26

06.30 16.55

05.57 16.27

21.41 10.40

09.29 20.29

06.36 17.08