Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

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

August 2003

dd hh dd hh
4 14 Neptune at opposition 22 10 Jupiter in conj. with Sun
5 08 FIRST QUARTER 23 14 Saturn 4.1 S of Moon
6 15 Moon at perigee 24 10 Uranus at opposition
11 14 Neptune 4.9 N of Moon 26 04 Jupiter 0.4 N of Regulus
12 05 FULL MOON 27 08 Jupiter 4.3 S of Moon
13 00 Uranus 4.5 N of Moon 27 10 Mars nearest to Earth
13 18 Mars 2.1 S of Moon 27 18 NEW MOON
14 15 Mercury greatest elong. E(27) 27 20 Venus 3.7 S of Moon
17 13 Mercury greatest brilliancy 27 22 Mercury stationary
18 18 Venus in superior conjn. 28 18 Mars at opposition
19 14 Moon at apogee 29 01 Mercury 9.3 S of Moon
20 01 LAST QUARTER 29 22 Pluto stationary
21 06 Venus 0.6 N of Jupiter 31 18 Moon at perigee
22 03 Venus 0.0 N of Regulus

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

6.52 17.22

5.03 16.02

5.24 16.11

22.23 11.31

10.36 21.31

7.44 18.15
Jun 20

6.55 17.23

5.37 16.16

5.41 16.17

22.03 11.07

10.02 21.00

7.10 17.42
Jun 30

6.57 17.26

6.30 16.55

5.57 16.27

21.41 10.40

9.29 20.29

6.36 17.08
             
Jul 10

6.56 17.30

7.23 17.52

6.12 16.40

21.14 10.12

8.56 19.58

6.02 16.34
Jul 20

6.54 17.34

7.55 18.45

6.24 16.56

20.43 9.40

8.23 19.28

5.28 16.00
Jul 30

6.49 17.39

8.07 19.23

6.33 17.13

20.06 9.04

7.51 18.59

4.54 15.26

 

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