Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


In the Sky this Month

February 1999

dd hh                                              dd hh
  2 01     Regulus 0.4 S of Moon Occn. 17 01      Mercury 0.2 N of Moon Occn.
  2 02     Uranus in conj. with Sun           18 06     Venus 1.8 N of Moon
  2 18     Mercury 1.5 S of Uranus          18 15     Jupiter 2.3 N of Moon
  4 05     Mercury in superior conjn.        20 12     Moon at perigee
  7 04     Mars 3.1 S of Moon                 20 14     Saturn 2.7 N of Moon
  8 08     Moon at apogee               23 03      FIRST QUARTER
  8 12     LAST QUARTER                 23 12     Aldebaran 0.4 S of Moon Occn
14 11     Neptune 1.7 S of Moon           23 21     Venus 0.2 N of Jupiter
15 07     Uranus 1.7 S of Moon             26 19      Mercury greatest brilliancy
16 06     NEW MOON Eclipse

March 1999

dd hh                                               dd hh
  1 09     Regulus 0.3 S of Moon Occn.  18 10 Mars stationary
  2 07     FULL MOON                         18 11 Jupiter 2.7 N of Moon
  3 07     Mercury greatest elong. E(18)  19 19 Mercury in inferior conjn.
  7 02     Mars 3.2 S of Moon                  20 00 Moon at perigee
  8 04     Moon at apogee                20 01 Venus 5.2 N of Moon
  9 22     Mercury stationary                20 03 Saturn 2.8 N of Moon
10 09     LAST QUARTER                   20 21 Venus 2.6 N of Saturn
13 23     Neptune 1.5 S of Moon             21 02 Equinox
14 19     Uranus 1.4 S of Moon               22 18 Aldebaran 0.5 S of Moon Occn.
14 23     Pluto stationary                        24 10 FIRST QUARTER
17 18     NEW MOON                          28 16 Regulus 0.3 S of Moon Occn.
17 20     Mercury 7.0 N of Moon            31 23 FULL MOON


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