Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

February 2003

dd hh dd hh
  1 06 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 17 17 Mars 9.3 S of Pluto
  1 11 NEW MOON 17 22 Uranus in conj. with Sun
  2 09 Jupiter at opposition 19 17 Moon at perigee
  2 13 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon 20 23 Mercury 1.6 S of Neptune
  4 10 Mercury greatest elong. W(24) 22 09 Saturn stationary
  7 22 Moon at apogee 23 17 LAST QUARTER
  9 11 FIRST QUARTER 25 04 Mars 1.8 N of Moon
12 02 Saturn 2.6 S of Moon 27 11 Venus 5.0 N of Moon
15 18 Jupiter 3.6 S of Moon 28 15 Neptune 4.7 N of Moon
17 00 FULL MOON

March 2003

dd hh dd hh
  1 15 Mercury 3.0 N of Moon 19 19 Moon at perigee
  1 23 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 21 01 Equinox
  3 03 NEW MOON 21 22 Mercury in superior conjn.
  4 13 Mercury 1.6 S of Uranus 23 13 Pluto stationary
  7 16 Moon at apogee 25 02 LAST QUARTER
11 07 FIRST QUARTER 25 17 Mars 2.7 N of Moon
11 11 Saturn 2.7 S of Moon 27 21 Neptune 5.0 N of Moon
12 20 Venus 0.3 N of Neptune 28 13 Venus 0.1 N of Uranus
14 23 Jupiter 3.8 S of Moon 29 08 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon
18 10 FULL MOON 29 10 Venus 4.6 N of Moon

LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2003

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

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
Feb 20

5.57 18.46

4.18 17.41

2.40 16.11

0.43 14.25

17.38 4.29

14.19 0.53
Mar 02

6.03 18.37

4.49 17.55

2.53 16.18

0.31 14.14

16.55 3.45

13.40 0.14
Mar 12

6.08 18.27

5.28 18.08

3.08 16.23

0.19 14.03

16.13 3.01

13.01 23.35
Mar 22

6.13 18.17

6.13 18.21

3.23 16.25

0.07 13.50

15.31 2.19

12.24 22.58
Apr 01

6.18 18.06

7.04 18.36

3.38 16.24

23.56 13.37

14.51 1.39

11.47 22.21

 

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