Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In The Sky This Month

April 1998  

Date     Time       Event
1/4        10h          Aldebaran 0.2 deg S of Moon
11/4      01h 1m     Occultation of mag 2.9 star.
11/4      4h            Moon at apogee. Spring tides tomorrow will not be so pronounced.
12/4      0h            FULL MOON
22/4      18h onwards. April Lyrids meteor shower.
23/4      9h            Jupiter 0.2 deg S of Moon. Both Jupiter and Venus will be occulted
                            by the moon AT THE SAME TIME for observers in the Angola area.
23/4      08h 59m   Venus will be occulted by the Moon.
26/4     14h           NEW MOON

May 1998

Date    Time        Event
3/11     18h 6m      Occultation of mag 6.4 star.
5/11                     Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Up to 60 meteors per hour.
11/5     16h           FULL MOON
25/5     22h           NEW MOON
30/5     20h 40m    Occultation of mag 5.6 star
30/5     20h 46m    Occultation of mag 5.2 star
 
 
 

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