Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

 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

June 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 04 Saturn 2.7 N of Moon 11 10 Venus in superior conjn.
1 04 Jupiter 3.9 N of Moon 16 23 FULL MOON
1 16 Pluto at opposition 18 11 Moon at apogee
2 07 Venus 3.6 N of Moon 20 07 Neptune 1.3 N of Moon
2 12 NEW MOON 21 02 Solstice
3 02 Mars 3.7 N of Moon 21 12 Uranus 1.6 N of Moon
3 02 Venus 5.3 N of Aldebaran 21 20 Venus 0.4 S of Mars
3 13 Moon at perigee 22 23 Mercury stationary
4 04 Mercury 3.7 N of Moon 25 01 LAST QUARTER
9 03 FIRST QUARTER 28 20 Saturn 2.6 N of Moon
9 12 Mercury greatest elong. E(24) 29 02 Jupiter 3.6 N of Moon

 

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..
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
Jun 09

06.52 17.22

08.40 19.04

06.49 17.19

07.22 17.47

05.04 15.56

04.58 15.55
Jun 19

06.55 17.23

08.22 18.59

07.05 17.31

07.13 17.37

04.35 15.24

04.24 15.20
Jun 29

06.57 17.26

07.34 18.22

07.19 17.46

07.02 17.27

04.06 14.53

03.49 14.44

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