Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

August 1999

dd hh dd hh
  4 02 Jupiter 4.2 N of Moon 18 12 Mars 7.3 S of Moon
  4 18 LAST QUARTER 19 02 FIRST QUARTER .
  5 00 Saturn 3.1 N of Moon 20 01 Moon at apogee
  5 15 Mercury stationary 20 12 Venus in inferior conjn.
  6 17 Aldebaran 0.8 S of Moon Occn 20 23 Pluto stationary
  7 18 Uranus at opposition 24 06 Mercury greatest brilliancy
  8 01 Moon at perigee 24 15 Neptune 0.0 S of Moon Occn
10 03 Mercury 1.2 S of Moon Occn. 25 12 Jupiter stationary
10 14 Venus 7.7 S of Regulus 25 13 Uranus 0.9 S of Moon Occn.
11 12 NEW MOON Eclipse 26 12 Mercury 10.2 N of Venus
12 05 Venus 9.0 S of Moon 30 15 Saturn stationary
12 07 Regulus 1.1 S of Moon Occn. 31 07 Mercury 1.4 N of Regulus
14 17 Mercury greatest elong. W(18) 31 09 Jupiter 4.0 N of Moon

September 1999

dd hh dd hh
  1 07 Saturn 3.0 N of Moon 17 21 FIRST QUARTER
  2 20 Moon at perigee 18 03 Mars 13.3 S of Pluto
  2 23 Aldebaran 0.9 S of Moon Occn 20 23 Neptune 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
  2 23 LAST QUARTER 21 21 Uranus 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
  7 17 Venus 8.1 S of Moon 23 11 Equinox
  8 15 Regulus 1.1 S of Moon Occn. 25 11 FULL MOON
  8 16 Mercury in superior conjn. 26 21 Venus greatest brilliancy
  9 21 Venus stationary 27 13 Jupiter 3.8 N of Moon
  9 22 NEW MOON 28 12 Saturn 2.7 N of Moon
10 00 Mercury 1.6 S of Moon 28 18 Moon at perigee
16 10 Mars 6.7 S of Moon 30 04 Aldebaran 0.0 S of Moon Occn
16 19 Moon at apogee 30 17 Mercury 1.7 N of Spica
17 06 Mars 2.8 N of Antares

 

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