Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

  April 2002

dd hh dd hh
4 15 LAST QUARTER 15 23 Mars 2.4 N of Moon
6 16 Neptune 4.0 N of Moon 16 20 Saturn 0.8 S of Moon…Occn.
7 08 Mercury in superior conjn. 17 23 Mercury greatest brilliancy
8 01 Uranus 4.2 N of Moon 18 22 Jupiter 1.6 S of Moon
10 04 Moon at apogee 20 12 FIRST QUARTER
12 19 NEW MOON 25 14 Moon at perigee
13 06 Mercury 4.4 N of Moon 27 03 FULL MOON
14 17 Venus 3.1 N of Moon 29 13 Mars 6.4 N of Aldebaran

 May 2002

dd hh dd hh
3 23 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon 13 20 Mercury 2.7 N of Moon
4 02 Mercury greatest elong. E(19) 14 07 Saturn 0.9 S of Moon…Occn.
4 07 LAST QUARTER 14 18 Mars 0.9 N of Moon…Occn.
4 14 Venus 6.5 N of Aldebaran 14 22 Venus 0.0 N of Moon…Occn.
4 17 Mars 2.3 N of Saturn 16 07 Mercury stationary
5 09 Uranus 4.3 N of Moon 16 12 Jupiter 1.9 S of Moon
7 18 Venus 2.5 N of Saturn 19 19 FIRST QUARTER
7 20 Moon at apogee 23 15 Moon at perigee
10 21 Venus 0.3 N of Mars 26 12 FULL MOON Eclipse
12 11 NEW MOON 27 07 Mercury in inferior conjn.
13 11 Neptune stationary 31 08 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2002

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
Apr 01

06.18 18.06

05.49 17.53

07.41 19.03

09.21 20.11

12.48 23.16

10.47 21.28
Apr 11

06.23 17.56

06.40 18.09

07.58 19.02

09.14 19.55

12.13 22.41

10.12 20.52
Apr 21

06.27 17.46

07.35 18.28

08.16 19.03

09.06 19.41

11.39 22.08

09.37 20.17
May 01

06.32 17.38

08.10 18.41

08.33 19.07

08.58 19.28

11.06 21.35

09.03 19.42
May 11

06.38 17.31

08.09 18.34

08.51 19.15

08.50 19.16

10.33 21.03

08.29 19.07
May 21

06.43 17.26

07.25 18.01

09.06 19.27

08.40 19.04

10.01 20.32

07.55 18.32
May 31

06.48 17.23

06.18 17.10

09.18 19.41

08.30 18.54

09.30 20.01

07.21 17.58

 

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