Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 September 2002

dd hh dd hh
1 06 Mercury greatest elong. E(26) 14 12 Mercury stationary
1 07 Venus 0.0 S of Spica 17 09 Neptune 4.2 N of Moon
1 17 Saturn 2.5 S of Moon 18 18 Uranus 4.2 N of Moon
4 14 Jupiter 3.6 S of Moon 21 15 FULL MOON
6 10 Mars 3.9 S of Moon 23 05 E q u i n o x
7 04 NEW MOON 23 06 Moon at apogee
7 16 Mercury greatest brilliancy 26 07 Venus greatest brilliancy
8 05 Moon at perigee 27 18 Mercury in inferior conjn.
8 17 Mercury 8.6 S of Moon 29 03 Saturn 3.0 S of Moon
10 03 Venus 8.1 S of Moon 29 17 LAST QUARTER
13 18 FIRST QUARTER

October 2002

dd hh dd hh
2 08 Jupiter 4.1 S of Moon 14 14 Neptune 4.4 N of Moon
5 02 Mars 4.2 S of Moon 15 05 Mercury greatest brilliancy
5 10 Mercury 5.4 S of Moon 15 22 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon
6 03 Mercury stationary 20 05 Neptune stationary
6 12 NEW MOON 20 08 Moon at apogee
6 15 Moon at perigee 21 08 FULL MOON
8 11 Venus 9.9 S of Moon 26 09 Saturn 3.0 S of Moon
10 07 Venus stationary 27 08 Mercury 4.1 N of Spica
11 12 Saturn stationary 29 06 LAST QUARTER
13 06 FIRST QUARTER 29 22 Jupiter 4.5 S of Moon
13 19 Mercury greatest elong. W(17) 31 12 Venus in inferior conjn.


 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..
Sep 08

06.15 17.57

07.19 19.53

08.14 21.19

05.51 17.15

04.17 15.07

01.35 12.09
Sep 18

06.04 18.01

06.41 19.21

07.53 21.14

05.31 17.04

03.45 14.36

00.58 11.32
Sep 28

05.53 18.05

05.43 18.03

07.28 21.01

05.10 16.53

03.11 14.05

00.20 10.54
Oct 08

05.42 18.09

04.57 16.57

06.54 20.36

04.49 16.42

02.38 13.33

23.41 10.15
Oct 18

05.32 18.14

04.49 16.58

06.11 19.52

04.28 16.31

02.03 13.00

23.01 09.36
Oct 28

05.23 18.20

04.55 17.30

05.20 18.50

04.07 16.20

01.28 12.27

22.21 08.55

 

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