Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


The Sky this Month

  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

  July 2004 

dd hh

dd hh

 1 12  Mercury 4.9 S of Pollux

15 03  Venus greatest brilliancy

 1 22  Moon at perigee

16 19  Saturn 4.8 S of Moon

 2 11  FULL MOON

17 11  NEW MOON

 3 19  Venus 1.2 N of Aldebaran

19 02  Mars 3.9 S of Moon

 4 13  Earth at Aphelion

19 15  Mercury 4.9 S of Moon

 4 15  Neptune 5.0 N of Moon

21 14  Jupiter 3.0 S of Moon

 6 03  Uranus 4.0 N of Moon

25 04  FIRST QUARTER

 8 17  Saturn in conj. with Sun

26 04  Mercury 1.6 S of Regulus

 9 08  LAST QUARTER

27 02  Mercury greatest elong. E(27)

11 03  Mercury 0.1 N of Mars

30 06  Moon at perigee

14 00  Venus 7.7 S of Moon

31 19  FULL MOON

14 23  Moon at apogee

 

 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

             

Jun 09

6.52  17.22

5.57  16.37

6.47  17.19

9.12   19.42

12.02  23.33

8.37   19.10

Jun 19

6.55  17.23

6.58  17.21

5.39  16.23

8.57   19.32

11.26  22.58

8.03   18.36

Jun 29

6.57  17.26

7.50  18.16

4.46  15.39

8.41   19.22

10.50  22.25

7.29   18.03

             

Jul 09

6.56  17.30

8.18  19.02

4.12  15.07

8.24   19.12

10.15  21.52

6.55   17.29

Jul 19

6.54  17.34

8.25  19.32

3.53  14.45

8.06   19.02

9.40   21.20

6.20   16.55

Jul 29

6.50  17.39

8.13  19.43

3.43  14.32

7.47   18.52

9.06   20.49

5.46   16.22


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