Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


The Sky this Month

 February 2004

dd hh 

dd hh

  2 10  Neptune in conj. with Sun

20 09  NEW MOON

  3 04  Saturn 4.3 S of Moon

20 09  Uranus 4.2 N of Moon

  6 08  FULL MOON

22 02  Uranus in conj. with Sun

  8 14  Jupiter 3.2 S of Moon

23 19  Venus 3.0 N of Moon

13 13  LAST QUARTER

26 01  Mars 0.9 N of Moon  Occn.

15 09  Mercury 2.0 S of Neptune

26 23  Mercury 1.5 S of Uranus

16 08  Moon at perigee

28 03  FIRST QUARTER

19 00  Neptune 5.2 N of Moon

28 11  Moon at apogee

19 12  Mercury 2.9 N of Moon

 

 March 2004

dd hh

dd hh

 1 10  Saturn 4.4 S of Moon

20 18  Mercury greatest brilliancy

 4 00  Mercury in superior conjn.

20 23  NEW MOON

 4 05  Jupiter at opposition

22 05  Mercury 3.5 N of Moon

 6 15  Jupiter 3.2 S of Moon

24 21  Venus 2.2 N of Moon

 6 23  FULL MOON

24 22  Pluto stationary

 7 14  Saturn stationary

26 00  Mars 0.9 S of Moon   Occn.

12 02  Moon at perigee

27 07  Moon at apogee

13 21  LAST QUARTER

28 19  Saturn 4.7 S of Moon

17 09  Neptune 5.2 N of Moon

28 23  FIRST QUARTER

18 20  Uranus 4.3 N of Moon

29 11  Mercury greatest elong. E(19)

20 07  Equinox

29 13  Venus greatest elong. E(46)

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2004

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

4.33  18.03

8.54  20.59

11.21  22.32

20.14  7.54

16.04   2.36

Feb 20

5.57  18.46

5.09  18.21

9.07  20.51

11.11  22.13

19.31  7.09

15.23   1.55

             

Mar 01

6.03  18.38

5.50  18.36

9.19  20.43

11.02  21.55

18.48  6.24

14.43   1.15

Mar 11

6.08  18.28

6.37  18.50

9.31  20.36

10.52  21.37

18.05  5.39

14.04   0.35

Mar 21

6.13  18.17

7.22  18.59

9.42  20.29

10.43  21.21

17.22  4.54

13.25  23.56

Mar 31

6.18  18.06

7.42  18.53

9.51  20.23

10.33  21.06

16.39  4.09

12.47  23.18

 


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