Johannesburg Centre, Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

In the Sky this Month

January 2000

dd hh dd hh
3 04 Venus 2.7 S of Moon 14 13 FIRST QUARTER
4 01 Earth at Perihelion 14 15 Jupiter 4.4 N of Moon
4 12 Moon at apogee 15 16 Saturn 3.1 N of Moon
6 06 Mercury 3.7 S of Moon 16 00 Mercury in superior conjn.
6 18 NEW MOON 19 21 Moon at perigee
7 10 Venus 6.6 N of Antares 20 22 Mercury 2.4 S of Neptune
8 05 Neptune 0.1 N of Moon Occn. 21 04 FULL MOON                 Eclipse
9 05 Uranus 0.4 N of Moon Occn. 24 18 Neptune in conj. with Sun
10 18 Mars 1.9 N of Moon 28 05 Mercury 1.3 S of Uranus
10 19 Venus 9.3 S of Pluto 28 08 LAST QUARTER
13 01 Saturn stationary

February 2000

dd hh dd hh
1 01 Moon at apogee 12 01 Mercury greatest brilliancy
2 15 Venus 1.6 S of Moon 12 23 FIRST QUARTER
4 14 Neptune 0.1 N of Moon Occn. 14 19 Mercury greatest elong. E(18)
5 13 NEW MOON                    Eclipse 17 01 Moon at perigee
5 14 Uranus 0.4 N of Moon Occn. 19 16 FULL MOON
6 07 Uranus in conj. with Sun 20 23 Mercury stationary
6 19 Mercury 1.7 N of Moon 22 05 Venus 0.5 S of Neptune
8 16 Mars 3.9 N of Moon 27 04 LAST QUARTER
11 02 Jupiter 4.5 N of Moon 28 21 Moon at apogee
12 00 Saturn 3.2 N of Moon

 

LOCAL TIMES of RISE and SET for the MAJOR PLANETS, 2000

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

05.20 19.02

04.39 18.27

02.45 16.05

8.59 21.58

13.18 00.49

14.26 01.41
Jan 11

05.27 19.03

05.10 18.56

02.51 16.21

8.55 21.42

12.41 00.11

13.46 01.01
Jan 21

05.35 19.03

05.48 19.21

03.01 16.37

8.51 21.25

12.05 23.34

13.07 00.21
Jan 31

05.43 18.59

06.30 19.40

03.13 16.52

8.46 21.08

11.31 22.58

12.28 23.43
Feb 10

05.50 18.54

07.07 19.47

03.29 17.04

08.41 20.50

10.58 22.23

11.51 23.04
Feb 20

05.57 18.46

07.11 19.28

03.46 17.12

08.35 20.32

10.26 21.49

11.14 22.27

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