Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 December 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 02 Mercury 11.2 S of Pluto 14 05 Moon at apogee
1 10 Mars 2.6 S of Moon 17 17 Saturn at opposition
1 14 Venus 2.1 S of Moon 19 15 Saturn 2.6 S of Moon
2 09 Moon at perigee 19 19 FULL MOON
4 08 NEW MOON              Eclipse 22 01 Solstice
4 21 Jupiter stationary 23 12 Jupiter 4.2 S of Moon
5 04 Mercury 0.7 S of Moon…Occn. 25 16 Mercury greatest elong. E(18)
7 02 Venus greatest brilliancy 27 01 LAST QUARTER
8 08 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 28 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy
9 14 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 30 01 Mars 1.1 S of Moon…Occn.
9 16 Pluto in conj. with Sun 30 02 Moon at perigee
11 16 FIRST QUARTER 30 09 Venus 2.2 N of Moon

January 2003

dd hh dd hh
2 09 Mercury stationary 18 10 FULL MOON
2 20 NEW MOON 19 14 Jupiter 3.8 S of Moon
3 21 Earth at Perihelion 23 06 Mercury stationary
3 23 Mercury 4.7 N of Moon 23 22 Moon at perigee
4 19 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 25 09 LAST QUARTER
6 01 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 26 04 Venus 6.4 S of Pluto
10 13 FIRST QUARTER 27 06 Mercury greatest brilliancy
11 01 Moon at apogee 27 15 Mars 0.3 N of Moon Occn.
11 05 Venus greatest elong. W(47) 28 18 Venus 4.3 N of Moon
11 22 Mercury in inferior conjn. 30 09 Mercury 4.7 N of Moon
15 19 Saturn 2.5 S of Moon 31 00 Neptune in conj. with Sun
15 22 Venus 8.2 N of Antares 31 05 Mars 5.1 N of Antares

LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2002/3

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

05.09 18.49

05.56 19.50

02.53 15.42

02.46 15.38

22.58 09.59

19.33 06.08

Dec 17

05.12 18.55

06.24 20.16

02.37 15.31

02.26 15.28

22.18 09.18

18.50 05.25

Dec 27

05.17 19.00

06.45 20.24

02.26 15.28

02.08 15.18

21.37 08.36

18.07 04.42

Jan 01

5.20 19.02

6.43 20.13

2.23 15.29

1.59 15.13

21.16 8.15

17.46 4.20

Jan 11

5.27 19.03

5.41 19.03

2.18 15.34

1.42 15.04

20.33 7.31

17.03 3.38

Jan 21

5.35 19.03

4.19 17.44

2.18 15.42

1.26 14.54

19.50 6.46

16.21 2.56

Jan 31

5.43 18.59

3.50 17.22

2.22 15.52

1.11 14.45

19.06 6.00

15.39 2.14

Feb 10

5.50 18.54

3.56 17.28

2.30 16.02

0.57 14.35

18.22 5.15

14.59 1.33

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