Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa


The Sky this Month

 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

 "Once in a Blue Moon"

August 2004

dd hh

dd hh

 1 01  Neptune 5.1 N of Moon

16 23  Mercury 6.3 S of Mars

 2 12  Uranus 3.7 N of Moon

17 21  Venus greatest elong. W(46)

 6 03  Neptune at opposition

18 05  Jupiter 2.6 S of Moon

 7 22  LAST QUARTER

23 06  Mercury 5.2 S of Regulus

 9 04  Mercury stationary

23 10  FIRST QUARTER

 9 21  Mars 0.7 N of Regulus

23 23  Mercury in inferior conjn.

11 11  Moon at apogee

27 06  Moon at perigee

11 23  Venus 7.9 S of Moon

27 18  Uranus at opposition

13 09  Saturn 5.0 S of Moon

28 09  Neptune 5.0 N of Moon

16 02  NEW MOON

29 21  Uranus 3.8 N of Moon

16 19  Mars 3.6 S of Moon

30 03  FULL MOON

16 20  Mercury 9.7 S of Moon

31 09  Pluto 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

             

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

             

Aug 08

6.43  17.44

7.43  19.29

3.40  14.25

7.28   18.41

8.32   20.18

5.12   15.48

Aug 18

6.35  17.48

6.52  18.38

3.40  14.24

7.08   18.31

7.59   19.47

4.37   15.14

Aug 28

6.26  17.53

5.52  17.21

3.42  14.28

6.48   18.20

7.25   19.17

4.02   14.40

 


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