Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

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

July 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 16 Mars in conj. with Sun 17 06 Mercury stationary
1 20 NEW MOON Eclipse 17 12 Neptune 1.1 N of Moon Occn.
1 20 Mars 2.3 N of Moon 18 16 Uranus 1.5 N of Moon
1 22 Moon at perigee 23 05 Mars 5.8 S of Pollux
2 05 Venus 1.8 N of Moon 24 12 LAST QUARTER
2 06 Mercury 3.2 S of Moon 26 10 Saturn 2.4 N of Moon
2 09 Mercury 4.9 S of Venus 26 20 Jupiter 3.3 N of Moon
4 17 Earth at Aphelion 27 10 Mercury greatest elong. W(20)
6 13 Mercury in inferior conjn. 27 22 Neptune at opposition
7 05 Mercury 5.7 S of Mars 29 18 Mercury 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
8 13 FIRST QUARTER 30 08 Moon at perigee
8 15 Venus 5.8 S of Pollux 30 12 Mars 0.8 N of Moon Occn.
15 17 Moon at apogee 31 03 NEW MOON Eclipse
16 14 FULL MOON Eclipse

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..
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
Jul 09

06.56 17.30

06.28 17.20

07.29 18.03

06.50 17.18

03.36 14.21

3.15 14.09
Jul 19

06.54 17.34

05.40 16.28

07.36 18.21

06.37 17.09

03.05 13.49

2.39 13.33
Jul 29

06.50 17.39

05.31 16.11

07.39 18.38

06.23 17.00

02.34 13.16

2.04 12.56

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