Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

October 2003
dd hh dd hh
2 19 FIRST QUARTER 20 02 Mercury 3.5 N of Spica
3 22 Venus 3.2 N of Spica 22 00 Jupiter 4.3 S of Moon
5 00 Neptune 5.3 N of Moon 22 16 Neptune stationary
6 11 Uranus 4.6 N of Moon 25 10 Mercury in superior conjn.
6 15 Mars 1.0 N of Moon Occn. 25 13 Mercury 1.3 S of Moon
10 08 FULL MOON 25 14 NEW MOON
14 03 Moon at apogee 25 23 Saturn stationary
17 13 Saturn 4.8 S of Moon 26 14 Moon at perigee
18 13 LAST QUARTER 26 21 Venus 0.1 S of Moon Occn.

November 2003  

dd hh dd hh

  1 05  FIRST QUARTER                 

18 17  Jupiter 4.1 S of Moon        

  1 06  Neptune 5.3 N of Moon           

18 17  Venus 9.8 S of Pluto         

  2 15  Uranus 4.7 N of Moon            

23 23  NEW MOON         Eclipse     

  3 09  Mars 3.1 N of Moon              

24 00  Moon at perigee              

  8 17  Uranus stationary               

25 04  Mercury 0.2 N of Moon  Occn. 

  9 02  FULL MOON        Eclipse 

25 17  Mercury 11.1 S of Pluto      

10 07  Venus 4.1 N of Antares          

25 18  Venus 1.8 N of Moon          

10 14  Moon at apogee                  

28 14  Neptune 5.2 N of Moon        

13 19  Saturn 4.9 S of Moon            

29 22  Uranus 4.8 N of Moon         

17 05  LAST QUARTER                    

30 17 FIRST QUARTER                

18 12  Mercury 2.8 N of Antares     

 

 
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

Oct 08   

5.42 18.09

5.12 17.12

6.25 19.10

14.48  3.53

4.01 15.30

0.42 11.16

Oct 18   

5.32 18.14

5.21 17.50

6.24 19.27

14.18  3.17

3.27 14.59

0.03 10.38

Oct 28   

5.23 18.20

5.30 18.27

6.25 19.45

13.53  2.44

2.53 14.28

23.24  9.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov 07   

5.16 18.26

5.40 19.03

6.30 20.04

13.31  2.15

2.19 13.56

22.44  9.19

Nov 17   

5.12 18.34

5.54 19.36

6.38 20.23

13.12  1.47

1.44 13.23

22.03  8.38

Nov 27   

5.09 18.41

6.13 20.07

6.51 20.40

12.55  1.20

1.08 12.49

21.22  7.56

 

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