Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

May 1999

dd hh dd hh
1 07 Mercury 1.8 S of Jupiter 16 12 Aldebaran 0.8 S of Moon - Occn
1 18 Mars nearest to Earth 18 15 Venus 5.8 N of Moon
2 03 Moon at apogee 22 03 Uranus stationary
6 19 Neptune stationary 22 03 Regulus 0.7 S of Moon - Occn.
7 17 Neptune 0.0 S of Moon - Occn. 22 05 FIRST QUARTER
8 16 Uranus 0.8 S of Moon - Occn 25 18 Mercury in superior - conjn.
8 18 LAST QUARTER 26 11 Mars 5.0 S of Moon
13 05 Jupiter 3.6 N of Moon 28 02 Mercury greatest brilliancy
13 16 Mercury 0.7 N of Saturn 28 18 Mercury 6.5 N of Aldebaran
14 10 Saturn 3.0 N of Moon 29 08 Moon at apogee
14 12 Mercury 3.8 N of Moon 30 07 FULL MOON
15 12 NEW MOON 30 21 Pluto at opposition
15 14 Moon at perigee 30 22 Venus 4.2 S of Pollux

June 1999

dd hh dd hh
3 22 Neptune 0.7 S of Moon - Occn 15 08 Mercury 4.6 N of Moon
4 22 Uranus 0.5 S of Moon - Occn. 17 03 Venus 2.4 N of Moon
5 07 Mars stationary 18 11 Regulus 0.9 S of Moon - Occn.
7 05 LAST QUARTER 20 18 FIRST QUARTER
10 00 Jupiter 4.0 N of Moon 21 20 Solstice
11 02 Saturn 3.0 N of Moon 21 23 Mercury 5.5 S of Pollux
11 09 Venus greatest elong. E(45) 22 20 Mars 6.2 S of Moon
12 23 Aldebaran 1.0 S of Moon Occn 25 18 Moon at apogee
13 00 Moon at perigee 28 20 Mercury greatest elong. E(24)
13 19 NEW MOON 28 22 FULL MOON

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