Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


The Sky this Month

 May 2004

dd hh

dd hh

 1 20  Venus greatest brilliancy

17 23  Venus stationary

 4 20  FULL MOON               Eclipse

19 05  NEW MOON

 5 13  Jupiter stationary

21 08  Moon at apogee

 6 04  Moon at perigee

21 12  Venus 0.2 S of Moon   Occn.

10 22  Neptune 5.5 N of Moon

22 15  Mars 3.1 S of Moon

11 11  LAST QUARTER

22 18  Saturn 4.8 S of Moon

12 12  Uranus 4.4 N of Moon

25 00  Mars 1.6 N of Saturn

15 00  Mercury greatest elong. W(25)

27 08  FIRST QUARTER

17 00  Mercury 2.6 S of Moon

27 12  Jupiter 3.6 S of Moon

17 13  Neptune stationary

 

 June 2004

dd hh

dd hh

 3 04  FULL MOON

17 14  Moon at apogee

 3 13  Moon at perigee

17 17  Mercury 2.7 S of Moon

 7 06  Neptune 5.3 N of Moon

17 20 NEW MOON

 8 09  Venus in transit      <======

18 21  Mercury in superior conjn.

 8 19  Uranus 4.3 N of Moon

19 06  Saturn 4.8 S of Moon

 9 20  LAST QUARTER

20 09  Mars 3.7 S of Moon

10 21  Uranus stationary

21 01  Solstice

11 12  Pluto at opposition

24 00  Jupiter 3.5 S of Moon

13 00  Mercury 1.3 N of Venus

25 17  Venus 2.0 N of Aldebaran

14 18  Mars 5.6 S of Pollux

25 20 FIRST QUARTER

16 17  Venus 4.8 S of Moon

26 21  Mercury 2.1 N of Saturn

17 00  Mercury greatest brilliancy

29 15  Venus stationary

 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

Apr 10

6.22  17.56

7.13  18.19

9.56  20.16

10.24  20.51

15.57  3.26

12.10  22.41

Apr 20

6.27  17.46

6.05  17.27

9.57  20.08

10.13  20.38

15.15  2.44

11.33  22.04

Apr 30

6.32  17.38

5.06  16.44

9.49  19.56

10.03  20.25

14.35  2.03

10.57  21.29

May 10

6.37  17.31

4.41  16.20

9.29  19.36

9.52   20.14

13.56  1.23

10.22  20.53

May 20

6.43  17.26

4.45  16.11

8.53  19.04

9.39   20.03

13.17  0.45

9.47   20.18

May 30

6.48  17.23

5.11  16.15

7.57  18.16

9.26   19.52

12.39  0.09

9.12   19.44

 


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