Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


The Sky this Month

 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)

 April 2004

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dd hh

 2 19  Jupiter 3.4 S of Moon

19 04  Mercury 3.0 N of Moon

 5 11  FULL MOON

19 14  NEW MOON                 Eclipse

 7 03  Mercury stationary

23 10  Venus 1.6 N of Moon

 7 05  Mars 6.8 N of Aldebaran

23 20  Mars 2.2 S of Moon

 8 02  Moon at perigee

23 22  Moon at apogee

12 04  LAST QUARTER

25 06  Saturn 4.8 S of Moon

13 16  Neptune 5.3 N of Moon

27 18  FIRST QUARTER

15 05  Uranus 4.4 N of Moon

29 10  Mercury stationary

16 11  Venus 9.9 N of Aldebaran

30 02  Jupiter 3.6 S of Moon

17 02  Mercury in inferior conjn.

 

 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

             

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

             

Apr 10

6.22  17.56

7.13  18.19

9.56  20.16

10.24  20.51

15.57  3.26

12.10  22.41

Apr 20

6.27  17.46

6.05  17.27

9.57  20.08

10.13  20.38

15.15  2.44

11.33  22.04

Apr 30

6.32  17.38

5.06  16.44

9.49  19.56

10.03  20.25

14.35  2.03

10.57  21.29

 


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