Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

The Sky this Month

January 2004

dd hh 

dd hh

  3 20  Moon at apogee

17 15  Mercury greatest elong. W(24)

  4 02  Earth at Perihelion

19 18  Moon at perigee

  4 14  Jupiter stationary

20 03  Mercury 4.7 N of Moon

  6 22  Mercury stationary

21 21  NEW MOON

  7 00  Saturn 4.5 S of Moon

22 13  Neptune 5.0 N of Moon

  7 15  FULL MOON

23 21  Uranus 4.4 N of Moon

10 13  Mercury greatest brilliancy

24 16  Venus 3.5 N of Moon

12 11  Jupiter 3.4 S of Moon

28 03  Mars 2.7 N of Moon

15 01  Venus 0.0 S of Uranus

29 06  FIRST QUARTER

15 05  LAST QUARTER

31 14  Moon at apogee

 February 2004

dd hh 

dd hh

  2 10  Neptune in conj. with Sun

20 09  NEW MOON

  3 04  Saturn 4.3 S of Moon

20 09  Uranus 4.2 N of Moon

  6 08  FULL MOON

22 02  Uranus in conj. with Sun

  8 14  Jupiter 3.2 S of Moon

23 19  Venus 3.0 N of Moon

13 13  LAST QUARTER

26 01  Mars 0.9 N of Moon  Occn.

15 09  Mercury 2.0 S of Neptune

26 23  Mercury 1.5 S of Uranus

16 08  Moon at perigee

28 03  FIRST QUARTER

19 00  Neptune 5.2 N of Moon

28 11  Moon at apogee

19 12  Mercury 2.9 N of Moon

 

 LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2004

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

4.38  18.07

7.52  21.13

12.06  23.57

22.57  10.41

18.54  5.27

Jan 11

5.27  19.03

3.52  17.24

8.10  21.14

11.54  23.35

22.18  10.01

18.11  4.44

Jan 21

5.35  19.03

3.49  17.27

8.26  21.11

11.43  23.13

21.37  9.20

17.28  4.01

Jan 31

5.43  18.59

4.05  17.44

8.41  21.05

11.32  22.52

20.56  8.37

16.46  3.18

Feb 10

5.50  18.54

4.33  18.03

8.54  20.59

11.21  22.32

20.14  7.54

16.04  2.36

Feb 20

5.57  18.46

5.09  18.21

9.07  20.51

11.11  22.13

19.31  7.09

15.23  1.55

 

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