Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

August 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 02 Venus 1.1 S of Moon Occn. 22 01 Mercury in superior conjn.
3 19 Mercury 7.2 S of Pollux 22 02 Mercury 1.4 N of Regulus
6 07 Venus 1.1 N of Regulus 22 11 Pluto stationary
7 01 FIRST QUARTER 22 19 LAST QUARTER
9 17 Mercury greatest brilliancy 22 20 Saturn 2.1 N of Moon
10 13 Mercury 0.2 S of Mars 23 10 Jupiter 3.0 N of Moon
11 05 Uranus at opposition 27 14 Moon at perigee
12 02 Moon at apogee 28 03 Mars 0.0 S of Moon Occn.
13 17 Neptune 0.0 N of Moon Occn. 29 11 NEW MOON
14 20 Uranus 1.3 N of Moon 29 22 Mercury 2.7 S of Moon
15 05 FULL MOON 30 23 Venus 3.8 S of Moon

September 2000

dd hh dd hh
5 17 FIRST QUARTER 19 19 Jupiter 2.6 N of Moon
7 20 Jupiter 4.7 N of Aldebaran 21 02 LAST QUARTER
8 14 Moon at apogee 22 17 Equinox
9 23 Neptune 1.1 N of Moon Occn. 23 16 Mercury 0.7 N of Spica
11 02 Uranus 1.3 N of Moon 24 10 Moon at perigee
12 19 Saturn stationary 25 17 Mars 2.4 S of Moon
13 20 FULL MOON 27 20 NEW MOON
16 07 Mars 0.8 N of Regulus 29 13 Mercury 7.6 S of Moon
18 19 Venus 2.7 N of Spica 29 14 Jupiter stationary
19 02 Saturn 1.9 N of Moon 30 01 Venus 5.2 S 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..
Aug 08

06.43 17.44

05.55 16.36

07.39 18.55

06.08 16.50

02.02 12.43

1.27 12.19
Aug 18

06.35 17.48

06.27 17.28

07.36 19.11

05.51 16.41

01.29 12.08

0.50 11.42
Aug 28

06.26 17.53

06.48 18.18

07.32 19.27

05.33 16.31

00.54 11.33

0.12 11.04
Sep 07

06.15 17.57

06.57 18.58

07.27 19.42

05.15 16.21

00.19 10.57

23.34 10.25
Sep 17

06.04 18.01

07.00 19.29

07.23 19.57

04.55 16.11

23.42 10.20

22.54 09.46
Sep 27

05.53 18.05

06.57 19.52

07.19 20.14

04.35 16.00

23.04 09.42

22.14 09.06

 

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