Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

  May 2002

dd hh dd hh
3 23 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon 13 20 Mercury 2.7 N of Moon
4 02 Mercury greatest elong. E(19) 14 07 Saturn 0.9 S of Moon…Occn.
4 07 LAST QUARTER 14 18 Mars 0.9 N of Moon…Occn.
4 14 Venus 6.5 N of Aldebaran 14 22 Venus 0.0 N of Moon…Occn.
4 17 Mars 2.3 N of Saturn 16 07 Mercury stationary
5 09 Uranus 4.3 N of Moon 16 12 Jupiter 1.9 S of Moon
7 18 Venus 2.5 N of Saturn 19 19 FIRST QUARTER
7 20 Moon at apogee 23 15 Moon at perigee
10 21 Venus 0.3 N of Mars 26 12 FULL MOON             Eclipse
12 11 NEW MOON 27 07 Mercury in inferior conjn.
13 11 Neptune stationary 31 08 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon

June 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 18 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon 12 11 Mars 0.7 S of Moon…Occn.
3 00 LAST QUARTER 13 03 Jupiter 2.3 S of Moon
3 05 Uranus stationary 13 21 Venus 1.4 S of Moon
3 18 Venus 1.7 N of Jupiter 18 01 FIRST QUARTER
4 14 Moon at apogee 19 09 Moon at perigee
7 03 Pluto at opposition 21 13 Solstice
8 09 Mercury stationary 21 15 Mercury greatest elong. W(22)
9 11 Saturn in conj. with Sun 24 03 Mercury 2.5 N of Aldebaran
9 14 Mercury 2.5 S of Moon 24 22 FULL MOON          Eclipse
9 20 Venus 4.9 S of Pollux 27 16 Neptune 4.3 N of Moon
10 21 Saturn 1.2 S of Moon 29 02 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon
11 00 NEW MOON           Eclipse

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..
May 01

06.32 17.38

08.10 18.41

08.33 19.07

08.58 19.28

11.06 21.35

09.03 19.42
May 11

06.38 17.31

08.09 18.34

08.51 19.15

08.50 19.16

10.33 21.03

08.29 19.07
May 21

06.43 17.26

07.25 18.01

09.06 19.27

08.40 19.04

10.01 20.32

07.55 18.32
May 31

06.48 17.23

06.18 17.10

09.18 19.41

08.30 18.54

09.30 20.01

07.21 17.58
Jun 10

06.52 17.22

05.26 16.25

09.27 19.56

08.19 18.43

08.59 19.31

06.48 17.24
Jun 20

06.55 17.23

05.09 16.02

09.31 20.12

08.07 18.34

08.28 19.02

06.14 16.50
Jun 30

06.57 17.26

05.23 16.03

09.31 20.27

07.53 18.24

07.57 18.32

05.40 16.16

 

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