Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 May 2001

dd hh dd hh
1 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy 15 10 LAST QUARTER
2 04 Moon at perigee 16 22 Mercury 2.8 N of Jupiter
4 20 Venus greatest brilliancy 19 09 Venus 4.5 N of Moon
7 14 FULL MOON 22 03 Mercury greatest elong. E(22)
7 18 Mercury 3.7 N of Saturn 23 03 NEW MOON
10 19 Mars 2.0 S of Moon 23 06 Saturn 1.3 N of Moon
10 21 Neptune stationary 24 07 Jupiter 1.5 N of Moon
11 13 Mars stationary 24 19 Mercury 3.1 N of Moon
12 13 Mercury 7.9 N of Aldebaran 25 13 Saturn in conj. with Sun
14 00 Neptune 3.0 N of Moon 27 04 Moon at perigee
15 01 Moon at apogee 29 20 Uranus stationary
15 08 Uranus 3.2 N of Moon 29 22 FIRST QUARTER

June 2001

dd hh dd hh
4 09 Mercury stationary 17 23 Venus 1.7 N of Moon
4 10 Pluto at opposition 18 18 Mercury 3.7 S of Jupiter
6 02 FULL MOON 19 22 Saturn 0.0 N of Moon Occn.
6 19 Mars 3.9 S of Moon 21 00 Mercury 3.1 S of Moon
8 09 Venus greatest elong. W(46) 21 03 Jupiter 0.9 N of Moon Occn.
10 08 Neptune 3.0 N of Moon 21 07 Solstice
11 16 Uranus 3.3 N of Moon 21 12 NEW MOON       Solar Eclipse
11 17 Moon at apogee 21 23 Mars nearest to Earth
13 17 Mars at opposition 23 17 Moon at perigee
14 04 LAST QUARTER 28 03 FIRST QUARTER
14 13 Jupiter in conj. with Sun 28 04 Mercury stationary
16 14 Mercury in inferior conjn.

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2001

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..
May 01

06.32 17.37

07.14 18.04

03.46 15.39

20.31 10.18

09.03 19.38

08.05 18.55
May 11

06.38 17.31

08.06 18.31

03.28 15.20

19.53 09.43

08.34 19.07

07.32 18.20
May 21

06.43 17.26

08.30 18.48

03.20 15.05

19.10 09.02

08.04 18.37

06.58 17.45
May 31

06.48 17.23

08.18 18.43

03.18 14.54

18.21 08.16

07.35 18.07

06.25 17.11
Jun 10

06.52 17.22

07.31 18.07

03.20 14.45

17.28 07.26

07.06 17.37

05.51 16.36
Jun 20

06.55 17.23

06.24 17.11

03.26 14.38

16.33 06.33

06.37 17.07

05.17 16.01
Jun 30

06.57 17.26

05.34 16.24

03.34 14.35

15.40 05.40

06.08 16.37

04.43 15.27

 

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