Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 December 2001

dd hh dd hh
  1 03 Saturn 0.4 S of Moon Occn. 15 09 Mercury 1.7 S of Moon
  2 14 Mercury 4.0 N of Antares 15 11 Venus 9.7 S of Pluto
  3 11 Jupiter 1.4 S of Moon 17 19 Saturn 3.7 N of Aldebaran
  3 14 Saturn at opposition 18 07 Neptune 3.5 N of Moon
  4 21 Mercury in superior conjn. 19 12 Uranus 3.7 N of Moon
  6 22 Moon at perigee 20 20 Mars 4.4 N of Moon
  7 01 Mercury 11.1 S of Pluto 21 13 Moon at apogee
  7 03 Pluto in conj. with Sun 21 19 Solstice
  7 20 LAST QUARTER 22 21 FIRST QUARTER
  9 15 Venus 5.2 N of Antares 28 08 Saturn 0.1 S of Moon Occn.
14 06 Venus 0.9 S of Moon Occn. 30 11 FULL MOON          Eclipse
14 21 NEW MOON           Eclipse 30 14 Jupiter 1.0 S of Moon Occn.

January 2002

dd hh dd hh
  1 06 Jupiter at opposition. 18 09 Moon at apogee
  2 08 Moon at perigee 18 10 Mercury stationary
  3 12 Earth at Perihelion 18 22 Mars 5.3 N of Moon
  6 04 LAST QUARTER 21 18 FIRST QUARTER
  9 12 Mercury 1.2 S of Neptune 24 15 Saturn 0.1 N of Moon Occn.
11 10 Mercury greatest elong. E(16) 25 13 Venus 1.4 S of Neptune
12 19 Mercury greatest brilliancy 25 23 Mercury 4.5 N of Venus
13 13 Venus 1.4 N of Moon 26 10 Mercury 3.2 N of Neptune
13 13 NEW MOON 26 19 Jupiter 0.8 S of Moon Occn.
14 11 Venus in superior conjn 27 20 Mercury in inferior conjn.
14 16 Neptune 3.6 N of Moon 28 14 Neptune in conj. with Sun
15 02 Mercury 4.0 N of Moon 28 22 FULL MOON
15 22 Uranus 3.8 N of Moon 30 09 Moon at perigee

 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..
Dec 07

05.10 18.49

05.11 18.56

04.35 18.05

10.40 23.38

20.49 07.20

18.23 05.06
Dec 17

05.12 18.55

05.37 19.30

04.44 18.24

10.34 23.20

20.04 06.35

17.40 04.23
Dec 27

05.17 19.00

06.10 19.58

04.57 18.42

10.28 23.02

19.20 05.50

16.57 03.41
Jan 01

05.20 19.02

06.27 20.09

5.05 18.49

10.25 22.53

18.57 05.27

16.36 03.20
Jan 11

05.28 19.03

06.55 20.16

5.23 19.02

10.18 22.34

18.12 04.42

15.54 02.38
Jan 21

05.35 19.03

06.39 19.43

5.41 19.12

10.11 22.15

17.28 03.57

15.13 01.57
Jan 31

05.43 18.59

05.14 18.23

6.00 19.17

10.04 21.56

16.44 03.13

14.32 01.16

 

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