Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

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

 May 2000

dd hh dd hh
3 07 Venus 4.0 N of Moon 14 07 Mercury greatest brilliancy
3 14 Mercury 4.3 N of Moon 17 10 Venus 0.1 N of Jupiter
4 04 NEW MOON 18 08 FULL MOON
4 07 Jupiter 4.2 N of Moon 18 20 Venus 1.3 N of Saturn
4 12 Saturn 2.9 N of Moon 19 02 Mars 6.1 N of Aldebaran
5 06 Mars 4.9 N of Moon 19 12 Mercury 7.2 N of Aldebaran
6 09 Moon at perigee 19 17 Mercury 1.1 N of Mars
8 04 Jupiter in conj. with Sun 22 01 Moon at apogee
8 08 Neptune stationary 24 02 Neptune 1.3 N of Moon
8 21 Mercury 0.9 N of Jupiter 25 06 Uranus 1.5 N of Moon
9 03 Mercury in superior conjn. 25 12 Uranus stationary
10 03 Mercury 2.3 N of Saturn 26 12 LAST QUARTER
10 20 FIRST QUARTER 31 11 Jupiter 1.2 N of Saturn
10 20 Saturn in conj. with Sun

 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..
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
May 10

06.37 17.31

06.42 17.34

05.56 17.05

07.46 18.23

06.30 17.29

06.39 17.40
May 20

06.43 17.26

07.44 18.10

06.14 17.07

07.39 18.10

06.02 16.58

06.05 17.05
May 30

06.48 17.23

08.27 18.44

06.31 17.11

07.31 17.58

05.33 16.27

05.31 16.30

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