Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


Diary of Astronomical Phenomena:- 2000

February 2001

dd hh dd hh
1 14 FIRST QUARTER 15 09 Mars 2.9 S of Moon,
2 09 Saturn 2.2 N of Moon 20 19 Moon at apogee,
2 22 Jupiter 3.0 N of Moon 20 23 Neptune 2.1 N of Moon,
3 14 Mercury stationary 21 16 Mercury 5.6 N of Moon,
7 21 Moon at perigee 21 23 Venus greatest brilliancy,
8 07 FULL MOON 22 04 Uranus 2.4 N of Moon,
9 12 Uranus in conj. with Sun 23 08 NEW MOON,
13 01 Mercury in inferior conjn 25 05 Mercury stationary,
14 16 Mercury 4.6 N of Uranus 26 08 Venus 11.4 N of Moon
15 03 LAST QUARTER

 March 2001

dd hh dd hh
1 18 Saturn 2.1 N of Moon 18 19 Pluto stationary,
2 08 Jupiter 2.9 N of Moon 20 08 Neptune 2.2 N of Moon,
3 02 FIRST QUARTER 20 10 Moon at apogee,
3 20 Mercury greatest brilliancy 20 13 Equinox,
4 15 Mars 5.5 N of Antares 20 20 Mars 10.2 S of Pluto,
7 10 Venus stationary 21 13 Uranus 2.5 N of Moon,
8 06 Moon at perigee 22 18 Mercury 2.1 N of Moon,
9 17 FULL MOON 25 01 NEW MOON,
10 07 Mercury 0.2 N of Uranus 25 05 Venus 14.4 N of Moon,
11 12 Mercury greatest elong. W(27) 29 04 Saturn 1.8 N of Moon,
15 20 Mars 2.0 S of Moon 29 21 Jupiter 2.5 N of Moon,
16 21 LAST QUARTER 30 05 Venus in inferior conjn.

 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..

Feb 10

05.51 18.53

06.21 19.02

09.11 20.58

23.49 13.09

13.24 00.08

12.49 23.46

Feb 20

05.57 18.46

04.55 17.51

09.02 20.32

23.28 12.54

12.47 23.31

12.11 23.08

Mar 02

06.03 18.37

04.10 17.15

08.42 20.00

23.07 12.38

12.13 22.55

11.34 22.30

Mar 12

06.09 18.27

04.04 17.07

08.07 19.17

22.46 12.20

11.39 22.20

10.58 21.53

Mar 22

06.13 18.16

04.20 17.09

07.13 18.25

22.23 12.01

11.06 21.46

10.23 21.17

 


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