Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

November 

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  1 05  FIRST QUARTER                   

18 17  Jupiter 4.1 S of Moon        

  1 06  Neptune 5.3 N of Moon           

18 17  Venus 9.8 S of Pluto         

  2 15  Uranus 4.7 N of Moon            

23 23  NEW MOON        Eclipse     

  3 09  Mars 3.1 N of Moon              

24 00  Moon at perigee              

  8 17  Uranus stationary               

25 04  Mercury 0.2 N of Moon  Occn. 

  9 02  FULL MOON        Eclipse        

25 17  Mercury 11.1 S of Pluto      

10 07  Venus 4.1 N of Antares          

25 18  Venus 1.8 N of Moon          

10 14  Moon at apogee                  

28 14  Neptune 5.2 N of Moon        

13 19  Saturn 4.9 S of Moon            

29 22  Uranus 4.8 N of Moon         

17 05 LAST QUARTER                    

30 17 FIRST QUARTER       

18 12  Mercury 2.8 N of Antares     

 

 December

dd hh   

dd hh

  1 16  Mars 4.1 N of Moon              

22 11  Moon at perigee              

  7 13  Moon at apogee                  

23 09  NEW MOON                     

  8 14  Mercury greatest elong. E(20)   

23 21  Mercury 5.2 N of Moon        

  8 20  FULL MOON                      

25 16  Venus 3.0 N of Moon          

10 22  Saturn 4.7 S of Moon            

26 01  Neptune 5.2 N of Moon        

12 05  Pluto in conj. with Sun         

27 02  Mercury in inferior conjn.   

12 14  Mercury greatest brilliancy     

27 08  Uranus 4.5 N of Moon         

16 05  Jupiter 3.8 S of Moon           

30 07  Mars 3.9 N of Moon           

16 18  LAST QUARTER                    

30 07  Venus 1.9 S of Neptune       

17 08  Mercury stationary              

30 10  FIRST QUARTER                

22 07  Solstice                        

31 21  Saturn at opposition         

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

Nov 07

5.16  18.26

5.40  19.03

6.30  20.04

13.31  2.15

2.19  13.56

22.44  9.19

Nov 17

5.12  18.34

5.54  19.36

6.38  20.23

13.12  1.47

1.44  13.23

22.03  8.38

Nov 27

5.09  18.41

6.13  20.07

6.51  20.40

12.55  1.20

1.08  12.49

21.22  7.56
             

Dec 07

5.09  18.48

6.32  20.26

7.07  20.55

12.40  0.55

0.32  12.14

20.40  7.14

Dec 17

5.12  18.55

6.30  20.14

7.25  21.05

12.25  0.31

23.55  11.38

19.58  6.31

Dec 27

5.17  19.00

5.23  18.55

7.43  21.12

12.12  0.08

23.16  11.00

19.15  5.48
             

Jan 06

5.24  19.03

4.08  17.37

8.01  21.14

12.00  23.46

22.37  10.21

18.32  5.05

 

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