Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

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

October 2000

dd hh dd hh
5 11 FIRST QUARTER 19 22 Moon at perigee
6 04 Mercury greatest elong. E(25) 20 08 LAST QUARTER
6 08 Moon at apogee 21 05 Jupiter 4.6 N of Aldebaran
7 06 Neptune 1.3 N of Moon 24 06 Mars 3.5 S of Moon
8 08 Uranus 1.4 N of Moon 26 16 Uranus stationary
13 09 FULL MOON 26 22 Venus 3.3 N of Antares
14 19 Mercury greatest brilliancy 27 09 NEW MOON
15 06 Neptune stationary 27 15 Mercury 6.5 S of Moon
16 06 Saturn 1.7 N of Moon 29 22 Venus 12.2 S of Pluto
17 01 Jupiter 2.3 N of Moon 30 05 Mercury in inferior conjn.
18 15 Mercury stationary 30 09 Venus 4.5 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..
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
Oct 07

05.42 18.09

06.50 20.06

07.18 20.31

04.15 15.49

22.24 09.02

21.33 08.25
Oct 17

05.32 18.14

06.31 19.56

07.19 20.48

03.54 15.37

21.42 08.21

20.51 07.44
Oct 27

05.24 18.20

05.40 18.53

07.24 21.06

03.33 15.25

21.00 07.39

20.09 07.03

 

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