Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

March 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 15 Mercury in inferior conjn. 15 00 Mercury 2.5 N of Venus
2 23 Neptune 0.3 N of Moon Occn. 15 01 Moon at perigee
4 00 Uranus 0.6 N of Moon Occn. 16 09 Pluto stationary
4 00 Venus 0.6 N of Moon Occn. 20 04 FULL MOON
4 00 Venus 0.1 S of Uranus 20 07 Equinox
5 09 Mercury 6.3 N of Moon 24 00 Mercury greatest brilliancy
6 05 NEW MOON 27 17 Moon at apogee
8 13 Mars 5.1 N of Moon 28 00 LAST QUARTER
9 17 Jupiter 4.5 N of Moon 28 23 Mercury greatest elong. W(27)
10 09 Saturn 3.2 N of Moon 30 09 Neptune 0.5 N of Moon Occn.
13 07 FIRST QUARTER 31 11 Uranus 0.8 N of Moon Occn.
14 03 Mercury stationary

April 2000

dd hh dd hh
2 12 Mercury 1.5 N of Moon 11 13 FIRST QUARTER
3 05 Venus 2.7 N of Moon 16 23 Mars 2.4 N of Saturn
4 18 NEW MOON 18 18 FULL MOON
6 10 Mars 5.5 N of Moon 24 11 Moon at apogee
6 10 Jupiter 4.4 N of Moon 26 18 Neptune 0.9 N of Moon Occn.
6 21 Saturn 3.0 N of Moon 26 20 LAST QUARTER
6 23 Mars 1.1 N of Jupiter 27 22 Uranus 1.2 N of Moon
8 20 Moon at perigee 28 08 Mercury 0.4 S of Venus

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2000

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..
Mar 01

06.03 18.38

06.10 18.29

04.03 17.17

08.29 20.15

09.55 21.15

10.38 21.50
Mar 11

06.08 18.28

04.52 17.29

04.21 17.19

08.23 19.57

09.24 20.41

10.03 21.13
Mar 21

06.13 18.17

04.16 17.01

04.37 17.19

08.17 19.40

08.55 20.09

09.28 20.37
Mar 31

06.18 18.06

04.14 16.52

04.53 17.16

08.11 19.23

08.25 19.36

08.54 20.01
Apr 10

06.22 17.56

04.31 16.52

05.09 17.13

08.05 19.07

07.56 19.04

08.20 19.26
Apr 20

06.27 17.46

05.01 16.58

05.24 17.09

07.59 18.51

07.27 18.32

07.46 18.50
Apr 30

06.32 17.38

05.45 17.10

05.40 17.06

07.53 18.37

06.59 18.01

07.12 18.15

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