Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

  December 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 00 Moon at apogee 18 01 LAST QUARTER
2 01 Uranus 2.2 N of Moon 20 07 Mars 4.3 S of Moon
4 04 FIRST QUARTER 21 13 Solstice
4 13 Pluto in conj. with Sun 23 21 Venus 1.4 S of Uranus
9 16 Mercury 4.7 N of Antares 25 18 NEW MOON Eclipse
9 18 Saturn 1.9 N of Moon 25 18 Mercury 2.7 S of Moon
10 08 Jupiter 2.8 N of Moon 25 18 Mercury in superior conjn.
11 01 Mars 3.7 N of Spica 28 07 Neptune 2.0 N of Moon
11 10 FULL MOON 28 16 Moon at apogee
11 20 Venus 2.6 S of Neptune 29 10 Uranus 2.3 N of Moon
13 00 Moon at perigee 29 22 Venus 1.8 N of Moon
13 01 Mercury 10.9 S of Pluto

January 2001

dd hh dd hh
2 22 FIRST QUARTER 24 13 NEW MOON
3 05 Earth at Perihelion 24 15 Neptune 2.0 N of Moon
6 01 Saturn 2.0 N of Moon 24 17 Moon at apogee
6 14 Jupiter 3.1 N of Moon 25 14 Jupiter stationary
9 20 FULL MOON Eclipse 25 15 Saturn stationary
10 09 Moon at perigee 25 19 Uranus 2.3 N of Moon
13 18 Mercury 2.2 S of Neptune 26 03 Mercury 3.0 N of Moon
16 13 LAST QUARTER 26 03 Neptune in conj. with Sun
17 06 Venus greatest elong. E(47) 27 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy
17 20 Mars 3.8 S of Moon 28 05 Mercury greatest elong. E(16)
22 18 Mercury 0.4 S of Uranus 28 14 Venus 6.4 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..
Dec 06

05.09 18.48

04.28 17.58

08.16 21.57

02.06 14.37

18.00 04.42

17.17 04.14
Dec 16

05.12 18.55

04.47 18.32

08.32 22.00

01.45 14.24

17.14 03.58

16.34 03.31
Dec 26

05.17 19.00

05.14 19.05

08.46 21.58

01.24 14.11

16.30 03.14

15.52 02.50
Jan 01

05.21 19.02

05.33 19.22

08.53 21.54

01.11 14.04

16.04 02.48

15.27 02.25
Jan 11

05.28 19.03

06.11 19.48

09.04 21.46

00.50 13.51

15.22 02.06

14.46 01.44
Jan 21

05.36 19.03

06.49 20.03

09.10 21.33

00.29 13.37

14.41 01.26

14.06 01.04
Jan 31

05.43 18.59

07.07 19.55

09.11 20.58

00.09 13.24

14.01 00.46

13.27 00.25

 

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