Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


In the Sky this month

January 1999

dd hh                                                     dd hh

  2 03 FULL MOON                            18 01 Neptune 1.7 S of Moon
  3 21 Earth at Perihelion                        18 20 Uranus 1.8 S of Moon
  5 08 Venus 1.8 S of Neptune              19 08 Venus 2.2 S of Moon
  5 16 Regulus 0.2 S of Moon Occn.     21 23 Jupiter 1.8 N of Moon
  8 23 Mars 4.4 N of Spica                    22 08 Neptune in conj. with Sun
  9 14 LAST QUARTER                    24 06 Saturn 2.6 N of Moon
  9 20 Mars 2.7 S of Moon                   24 19 FIRST QUARTER
11 11 Moon at apogee                          26 22 Moon at perigee
13 19 Venus 0.0 S of Uranus                27 07 Aldebaran 0.4 S of Moon Occn
16 17 Mercury 4.6 S of Moon              27 07 Mercury 2.3 S of Neptune
17 16 NEW MOON                            31 16 FULL MOON and Eclipse  

February 1999

dd hh                                                     dd hh

  2 01 Regulus 0.4 S of Moon Occn.     17 01 Mercury 0.2 N of Moon Occn.
  2 02 Uranus in conj. with Sun              18 06 Venus 1.8 N of Moon
  2 18 Mercury 1.5 S of Uranus             18 15 Jupiter 2.3 N of Moon
  4 05 Mercury in superior conjn.           20 12 Moon at perigee
  7 04 Mars 3.1 S of Moon                   20 14 Saturn 2.7 N of Moon
  8 08 Moon at apogee                           23 03 FIRST QUARTER
  8 12 LAST QUARTER                    23 12 Aldebaran 0.4 S of Moon Occn
14 11 Neptune 1.7 S of Moon              23 21 Venus 0.2 N of Jupiter
15 07 Uranus 1.7 S of Moon                26 19 Mercury greatest brilliancy
16 06 NEW MOON Eclipse


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