Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

July 2002

dd hh dd hh
  2 07 Moon at apogee 13 12 Venus 3.8 S of Moon
  2 10 Mercury 0.3 S of Saturn 14 00 Mercury greatest brilliancy
  2 18 LAST QUARTER 14 11 Moon at perigee
  3 06 Mars 0.9 N of Jupiter 17 05 FIRST QUARTER
  4 17 Mars 5.7 S of Pollux 19 06 Mercury 5.5 S of Pollux
  5 04 Earth at Aphelion 20 01 Jupiter in conj. with Sun
  7 13 Jupiter 6.5 S of Pollux 20 14 Mercury 1.2 N of Jupiter
  8 12 Saturn 1.5 S of Moon 21 02 Mercury in superior conjn.
  9 09 Mercury 1.3 S of Moon 24 10 FULL MOON
10 10 Venus 1.1 N of Regulus 24 23 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon
10 10 NEW MOON 25 13 Mercury 0.7 N of Mars
10 22 Jupiter 2.8 S of Moon 26 09 Uranus 4.2 N of Moon
11 03 Mars 2.2 S of Moon 30 00 Moon at apogee

August 2002

dd hh
  1 11 LAST QUARTER 15 11 FIRST QUARTER
  2 00 Neptune at opposition 20 01 Uranus at opposition
  5 04 Saturn 2.0 S of Moon 21 05 Neptune 4.2 N of Moon
  6 05 Mercury 0.9 N of Regulus 22 09 Venus greatest elong. E(46)
  7 18 Jupiter 3.1 S of Moon 22 14 Uranus 4.1 N of Moon
  8 19 Mars 3.2 S of Moon 22 23 FULL MOON
  8 19 NEW MOON 26 17 Moon at apogee
10 02 Mercury 4.3 S of Moon 27 11 Pluto stationary
10 23 Mars in conj. with Sun 29 00 Mars 0.8 N of Regulus
11 01 Moon at perigee 31 03 LAST QUARTER
11 23 Venus 6.1 S 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..
Jul 10

06.56 17.30

06.04 16.32

09.27 20.40

07.39 18.15

07.26 18.03

05.06 15.41
Jul 20

06.54 17.34

06.54 17.26

09.20 20.51

07.23 18.05

06.55 17.34

04.32 15.07
Jul 30

06.49 17.39

07.28 18.23

09.11 21.01

07.06 17.56

06.24 17.05

03.58 14.32
Aug 09

06.43 17.44

07.44 19.06

08.59 21.09

06.49 17.46

05.53 16.36

03.23 13.57
Aug 19

06.35 17.49

07.46 19.36

08.46 21.15

06.30 17.36

05.21 16.06

02.48 13.22
Aug 29

06.25 17.53

07.38 19.53

08.31 21.18

06.11 17.26

04.49 15.37

02.12 12.46

 

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