Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

July 2001

dd hh dd hh
3 11 Mars 6.0 S of Moon 17 13 Saturn 0.7 N of Moon Occn.
4 22 Earth at Aphelion 17 18 Venus 0.3 S of Moon Occn.
5 16 FULL MOON                 Eclipse 19 00 Jupiter 0.2 N of Moon Occn.
7 14 Neptune 2.9 N of Moon 19 13 Mercury 0.9 S of Moon Occn.
8 22 Uranus 3.3 N of Moon 19 22 Mars stationary
9 08 Moon at apogee 20 20 NEW MOON
9 19 Mercury greatest elong. W(21) 21 22 Moon at perigee
12 15 Mercury 2.1 S of Jupiter 27 02 Mercury greatest brilliancy
13 08 Saturn 3.9 N of Aldebaran 27 10 FIRST QUARTER
13 20 LAST QUARTER 27 15 Mercury 6.1 S of Pollux
15 00 Venus 3.1 N of Aldebaran 30 11 Neptune at opposition
15 05 Venus 0.8 S of Saturn 30 14 Mars 6.3 S of Moon

August 2001

dd hh dd hh
3 19 Neptune 2.8 N of Moon 15 20 Jupiter 0.4 S of Moon Occn.
4 06 FULL MOON 16 13 Venus 1.9 S of Moon
5 03 Uranus 3.1 N of Moon 19 03 NEW MOON
5 20 Moon at apogee 19 06 Moon at perigee
5 23 Mercury in superior conjn. 19 23 Mercury 3.6 S of Moon
6 00 Venus 1.3 S of Jupiter 22 13 Venus 7.4 S of Pollux
12 09 LAST QUARTER 24 23 Pluto stationary
13 23 Mercury 1.2 N of Regulus 25 20 FIRST QUARTER
14 03 Saturn 0.2 N of Moon Occn. 27 12 Mars 4.9 S of Moon
15 15 Uranus at opposition 31 00 Neptune 2.9 N of Moon

 

 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..
Jul 10

06.56 17.30

05.22 16.03

03.44 14.34

14.52 04.52

05.38 16.08

04.09 14.52
Jul 20

06.54 17.34

05.44 16.16

03.55 14.37

14.09 04.10

05.09 15.38

03.35 14.16
Jul 30

06.49 17.39

06.25 17.02

04.06 14.43

13.33 03.33

04.38 15.08

03.00 13.41
Aug 09

06.43 17.44

07.00 17.58

04.17 14.52

13.02 03.03

04.08 14.37

02.24 13.05
Aug 19

06.34 17.49

07.18 18.46

04.27 15.05

12.37 02.38

03.36 14.07

01.48 12.28
Aug 29

06.25 17.53

07.23 19.21

04.33 15.19

12.15 02.16

03.04 13.35

01.11 11.51

 

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