Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

June 2003

dd hh dd hh
1 20 Saturn 3.4 S of Moon 19 08 Uranus 4.7 N of Moon
3 08 Mercury greatest elong. W(24) 20 20 Mercury 0.5 S of Venus
5 06 Jupiter 4.4 S of Moon 21 00 Mars 3.2 S of Uranus
7 13 Uranus stationary 21 15 LAST QUARTER
7 21 FIRST QUARTER 21 19 Solstice
9 20 Pluto at opposition 24 14 Saturn in conj. with Sun
12 22 Moon at perigee 25 04 Moon at apogee
14 11 FULL MOON 28 13 Venus 2.2 S of Moon
17 20 Neptune 5.1 N of Moon 29 02 Mercury 2.1 S of Moon
18 18 Venus 4.8 N of Aldebaran 29 10 Saturn 3.5 S of Moon
19 06 Mars 1.6 N of Moon 29 18 NEW MOON

July 2003

dd hh dd hh
1 00 Mercury 1.5 N of Saturn 17 09 Mars 0.5 S of Moon Occn.
1 01 Mercury greatest brilliancy 21 08 LAST QUARTER
2 20 Jupiter 4.4 S of Moon 22 20 Moon at apogee
5 10 Earth at Aphelion 24 14 Venus 6.2 S of Pollux
5 10 Mercury in superior conjn. 26 01 Mercury 0.4 N of Jupiter
7 03 FIRST QUARTER 27 00 Saturn 3.9 S of Moon
8 08 Venus 0.9 N of Saturn 28 18 Venus 3.5 S of Moon
10 17 Mercury 5.1 S of Pollux 29 07 NEW MOON
10 22 Moon at perigee 30 12 Mercury 0.2 N of Regulus
13 20 FULL MOON 30 13 Jupiter 4.3 S of Moon
15 06 Neptune 5.0 N of Moon 30 23 Mars stationary
16 17 Uranus 4.5 N of Moon 31 01 Mercury 4.8 S of Moon

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2003

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

Jun 10

06.52 17.22

05.03 16.02

05.24 16.11

22.23 11.31

10.36 21.31

07.44 18.15

Jun 20

06.55 17.23

05.37 16.16

05.41 16.17

22.03 11.07

10.02 21.00

07.10 17.42

Jun 30

06.57 17.26

06.30 16.55

05.57 16.27

21.41 10.40

09.29 20.29

06.36 17.08
             

Jul 10

06.56 17.30

07.23 17.52

06.12 16.40

21.14 10.12

08.56 19.58

06.02 16.34

Jul 20

06.54 17.34

07.55 18.45

06.24 16.56

20.43 09.40

08.23 19.28

05.28 16.00

Jul 30

06.49 17.39

08.07 19.23

06.33 17.13

20.06 09.04

07.51 18.59

04.54 15.26

 

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