Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 February 2002

dd hh dd hh
  4 14 LAST QUARTER 13 17 Uranus in conj. with Sun
  7 10 Venus 0.8 S of Uranus 14 21 Moon at apogee
  8 09 Saturn stationary 17 00 Mars 5.1 N of Moon
  8 16 Mercury stationary 20 12 FIRST QUARTER
10 05 Mercury 5.0 N of Moon 21 00 Saturn 0.3 S of Moon…Occn.
11 01 Neptune 3.7 N of Moon 21 18 Mercury greatest elong. W(26)
12 08 NEW MOON 23 02 Jupiter 0.9 S of Moon…Occn.
12 08 Uranus 3.8 N of Moon 24 12 Mercury 0.5 S of Neptune
12 20 Venus 3.3 N of Moon 27 09 FULL MOON
13 07 Mercury greatest brilliancy 27 19 Moon at perigee

 March 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 14 Jupiter stationary 18 01 Mars 4.0 N of Moon
6 01 LAST QUARTER 20 10 Saturn 0.4 S of Moon…Occn.
9 02 Mercury 1.2 S of Uranus 20 19 Equinox
10 09 Neptune 3.7 N of Moon 21 04 Pluto stationary
11 17 Uranus 3.9 N of Moon 22 02 FIRST QUARTER
12 01 Mercury 2.7 N of Moon 22 11 Jupiter 1.1 S of Moon…Occn.
13 22 Moon at apogee 28 06 Moon at perigee
14 02 NEW MOON 28 18 FULL MOON
15 06 Venus 4.0 N of Moon 31 15 Saturn 4.1 N of Aldebaran

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

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

05.50 18.54

04.10 17.29

06.19 19.19

09.57 21.37

16.01 02.30

13.53 00.36
Feb 20

05.57 18.46

03.56 17.17

06.36 19.18

09.50 21.19

15.20 01.48

13.14 23.57
Mar 02

6.03 18.37

04.07 17.22

06.53 19.15

09.42 21.01

14.40 01.08

12.36 23.19
Mar 12

6.08 18.27

04.32 17.31

07.09 19.11

09.35 20.43

14.01 00.29

11.59 22.41
Mar 22

6.13 18.16

05.06 17.41

07.25 19.07

09.28 20.27

13.24 23.52

11.23 22.04

 

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