Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

 January 2003

dd hh dd hh
2 09 Mercury stationary 18 10 FULL MOON
2 20 NEW MOON 19 14 Jupiter 3.8 S of Moon
3 21 Earth at Perihelion 23 06 Mercury stationary
3 23 Mercury 4.7 N of Moon 23 22 Moon at perigee
4 19 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 25 09 LAST QUARTER
6 01 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 26 04 Venus 6.4 S of Pluto
10 13 FIRST QUARTER 27 06 Mercury greatest brilliancy
11 01 Moon at apogee 27 15 Mars 0.3 N of Moon Occn.
11 05 Venus greatest elong. W(47) 28 18 Venus 4.3 N of Moon
11 22 Mercury in inferior conjn. 30 09 Mercury 4.7 N of Moon
15 19 Saturn 2.5 S of Moon 31 00 Neptune in conj. with Sun
15 22 Venus 8.2 N of Antares 31 05 Mars 5.1 N of Antares

February 2003

dd hh dd hh
1 06 Neptune 4.6 N of Moon 17 17 Mars 9.3 S of Pluto
1 11 NEW MOON 17 22 Uranus in conj. with Sun
2 09 Jupiter at opposition 19 17 Moon at perigee
2 13 Uranus 4.4 N of Moon 20 23 Mercury 1.6 S of Neptune
4 10 Mercury greatest elong. W(24) 22 09 Saturn stationary
7 22 Moon at apogee 23 17 LAST QUARTER
9 11 FIRST QUARTER 25 04 Mars 1.8 N of Moon
12 02 Saturn 2.6 S of Moon 27 11 Venus 5.0 N of Moon
15 18 Jupiter 3.6 S of Moon 28 15 Neptune 4.7 N of Moon
17 00 FULL 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

Jan 01

5.20  19.02

6.43  20.13

2.23  15.29

1.59  15.13

21.16  8.15

17.46  4.20
Jan 11

5.27  19.03

5.41  19.03

2.18  15.34

1.42  15.04

20.33  7.31

17.03  3.38
Jan 21

5.35  19.03

4.19  17.44

2.18  15.42

1.26  14.54

19.50  6.46

16.21  2.56
Jan 31

5.43  18.59

3.50  17.22

2.22  15.52

1.11  14.45

19.06  6.00

15.39  2.14
Feb 10

5.50  18.54

3.56  17.28

2.30  16.02

0.57  14.35

18.22  5.15

14.59  1.33
Feb 20

5.57  18.46

4.18  17.41

2.40  16.11

0.43  14.25

17.38  4.29

14.19  0.53

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